diff --git a/opentech/templates/base-apply.html b/opentech/templates/base-apply.html
index 6355f6438d7e4ff250f20b46311d2930ce0303f7..6cd95fb3f17805775e796ae752d7fcd76bf0bb1e 100644
--- a/opentech/templates/base-apply.html
+++ b/opentech/templates/base-apply.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <head>
         {# TODO fallbacks if page is not defined e.g. for 404 page #}
         <meta charset="utf-8" />
-        <title>{% block title_prefix %}{{ request.site.site_name }} | {% endblock %}{% block title %}{% if page.seo_title %}{{ page.seo_title }}{% else %}{{ page.title }}{% endif %}{% endblock %}{% block title_suffix %}{{ TITLE_SUFFIX }}{% endblock %}</title>
+        <title>{% block title_prefix %}{% if request.site.site_name %}{{ request.site.site_name }} | {% endif %}{% endblock %}{% block title %}{% if page.seo_title %}{{ page.seo_title }}{% else %}{{ page.title }}{% endif %}{% endblock %}{% block title_suffix %}{{ TITLE_SUFFIX }}{% endblock %}</title>
         <meta name="description" content="{% if page.search_description %}{{ page.search_description }}{% else %}{{ page.listing_summary }}{% endif %}" />
         <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
 
diff --git a/opentech/templates/base.html b/opentech/templates/base.html
index 6f488df26fa4df6ee380666dd358d075bb1341d1..3d0f9873f7c35b627ec66df4b13cd233c0520fba 100644
--- a/opentech/templates/base.html
+++ b/opentech/templates/base.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <head>
         {# TODO fallbacks if page is not defined e.g. for 404 page #}
         <meta charset="utf-8" />
-        <title>{% block title_prefix %}{{ request.site.site_name }} | {% endblock %}{% block title %}{% if page.seo_title %}{{ page.seo_title }}{% else %}{{ page.title }}{% endif %}{% endblock %}{% block title_suffix %}{{ TITLE_SUFFIX }}{% endblock %}</title>
+        <title>{% block title_prefix %}{% if request.site.site_name %}{{ request.site.site_name }} | {% endif %}{% endblock %}{% block title %}{% if page.seo_title %}{{ page.seo_title }}{% else %}{{ page.title }}{% endif %}{% endblock %}{% block title_suffix %}{{ TITLE_SUFFIX }}{% endblock %}</title>
         <meta name="description" content="{% if page.search_description %}{{ page.search_description }}{% else %}{{ page.listing_summary }}{% endif %}" />
         <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />