diff --git a/app/controllers/wiki_controller.rb b/app/controllers/wiki_controller.rb
index 39269e63..24430c4c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/wiki_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/wiki_controller.rb
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ class WikiController < ApplicationController
 
     @page_name ||= 'HomePage'
     @page ||= wiki.read_page(@web_name, @page_name)
+    @link_mode ||= :publish
     render(:text => "Page '#{@page_name}' not found", :status => 404) and return unless @page
     
     @renderer = PageRenderer.new(@page.revisions.last)