diff --git a/include/functions_html.inc.php b/include/functions_html.inc.php
index 58cf3b8e1..11e7276b1 100644
--- a/include/functions_html.inc.php
+++ b/include/functions_html.inc.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function get_icon($date)
     $icon_url = get_themeconf('icon_dir').'/recent.png';
     $title .= $user['recent_period'];
     $title .=  ' '.$lang['days'];
-    $size = getimagesize( $icon_url );
+    $size = getimagesize( PHPWG_ROOT_PATH.$icon_url );
     $icon_url = get_root_url().$icon_url;
     $output = '<img title="'.$title.'" src="'.$icon_url.'" class="icon" style="border:0;';
     $output.= 'height:'.$size[1].'px;width:'.$size[0].'px" alt="(!)" />';