diff --git a/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Views.js b/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Views.js
index b6f61b4cdb..5b7e431812 100644
--- a/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Views.js
+++ b/services/web/app/src/infrastructure/Views.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const logger = require('logger-sharelatex')
 const pug = require('pug')
 const globby = require('globby')
 const Settings = require('settings-sharelatex')
+const path = require('path')
 
 // Generate list of view names from app/views
 
@@ -31,16 +32,16 @@ module.exports = {
     let success = 0
     let failures = 0
     viewList.forEach(view => {
+      let filename = path.resolve(view + '.pug') // express views are cached using the absolute path
       try {
-        let filename = view + '.pug'
         pug.compileFile(filename, {
           cache: true,
           compileDebug: Settings.debugPugTemplates
         })
-        logger.log({ view }, 'compiled')
+        logger.log({ filename }, 'compiled')
         success++
       } catch (err) {
-        logger.error({ view, err: err.message }, 'error compiling')
+        logger.error({ filename, err: err.message }, 'error compiling')
         failures++
       }
     })