diff --git a/components/library/src/content/file_info.rs b/components/library/src/content/file_info.rs
index 0fe0686..4030f53 100644
--- a/components/library/src/content/file_info.rs
+++ b/components/library/src/content/file_info.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ impl FileInfo {
         let file_path = path.to_path_buf();
         let mut parent = file_path.parent().expect("Get parent of page").to_path_buf();
         let name = path.file_stem().unwrap().to_string_lossy().to_string();
+        let canonical = parent.join(&name);
         let mut components =
             find_content_components(&file_path.strip_prefix(base_path).unwrap_or(&file_path));
         let relative = if !components.is_empty() {
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ impl FileInfo {
             path: file_path,
             // We don't care about grand parent for pages
             grand_parent: None,
-            canonical: parent.join(&name),
+            canonical,
             parent,
             name,
             components,
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ impl FileInfo {
         }
 
         self.name = parts.swap_remove(0);
-        self.canonical = self.parent.join(&self.name);
+        self.canonical = self.path.parent().expect("Get parent of page path").join(&self.name);
         let lang = parts.swap_remove(0);
 
         Ok(lang)
@@ -254,4 +255,28 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(res.is_ok());
         assert_eq!(res.unwrap(), "fr");
     }
+
+    /// Regression test for https://github.com/getzola/zola/pull/856.
+    #[test]
+    fn correct_canonical_for_index() {
+        let file = FileInfo::new_page(
+            &Path::new("/home/vincent/code/site/content/posts/tutorials/python/index.md"),
+            &PathBuf::new(),
+        );
+        assert_eq!(file.canonical, Path::new("/home/vincent/code/site/content/posts/tutorials/python/index"));
+    }
+
+    /// Regression test for https://github.com/getzola/zola/pull/856.
+    #[test]
+    fn correct_canonical_after_find_language() {
+        let mut config = Config::default();
+        config.languages.push(Language { code: String::from("fr"), rss: false, search: false });
+        let mut file = FileInfo::new_page(
+            &Path::new("/home/vincent/code/site/content/posts/tutorials/python/index.fr.md"),
+            &PathBuf::new(),
+        );
+        let res = file.find_language(&config);
+        assert!(res.is_ok());
+        assert_eq!(file.canonical, Path::new("/home/vincent/code/site/content/posts/tutorials/python/index"));
+    }
 }