diff --git a/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_base.scss b/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_base.scss
index ad18eb49c2..476cf7e0bb 100644
--- a/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_base.scss
+++ b/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_base.scss
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ $event-notsent-color: #f44;
 // event timestamp
 $event-timestamp-color: #acacac;
 
-$edit-button-url: "/img/icon_context_message.svg";
+$edit-button-url: "../../img/icon_context_message.svg";
 
 // e2e
 $e2e-verified-color: #76cfa5; // N.B. *NOT* the same as $accent-color
diff --git a/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_dark.scss b/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_dark.scss
index e3e32e8442..0f3b77f52e 100644
--- a/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_dark.scss
+++ b/src/skins/vector/css/themes/_dark.scss
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ $event-notsent-color: #f44;
 // event timestamp
 $event-timestamp-color: #acacac;
 
-$edit-button-url: "/img/icon_context_message_dark.svg";
+$edit-button-url: "../../img/icon_context_message_dark.svg";
 
 // e2e
 $e2e-verified-color: #76cfa5; // N.B. *NOT* the same as $accent-color