diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index 83fc1ca64..8bf826045 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -974,13 +974,12 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
 
         # full screen images shown from the media timeline
         if self.path.startswith('/fullscreen?'):
-            fullscreenImageStr=self.path.split('?img=')
-            imageFilename=fullscreenImageStr[1]
+            imageFilename=self.path.split('?img=')[1]
             if '?' in imageFilename:
                 imageFilename=imageFilename.split('?')[0]
             imageDescription=None
             if '?desc=' in self.path:
-                imageDescription=self.path.split('?desc=')
+                imageDescription=self.path.split('?desc=')[1]
                 if '?' in imageDescription:
                     imageDescription=imageDescription.split('?')[0]            
             msg=htmlFullScreenImage(imageFilename,imageDescription)