diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9e3b81ad..0301112e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+  - fix problem displaying debug console when $default_resource_type
+    is not "file:" (c960657, Monte)
   - fix permission handling with security and config_load (messju)
   - removed '.' from the list of default template locations in
     _parse_resource_name() (messju)
diff --git a/libs/core/core.display_debug_console.php b/libs/core/core.display_debug_console.php
index c509ff72..ab1b5cb3 100644
--- a/libs/core/core.display_debug_console.php
+++ b/libs/core/core.display_debug_console.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function smarty_core_display_debug_console($params, &$smarty)
 
     if(empty($smarty->debug_tpl)) {
         // set path to debug template from SMARTY_DIR
-        $smarty->debug_tpl = SMARTY_DIR . 'debug.tpl';
+        $smarty->debug_tpl = 'file:' . SMARTY_DIR . 'debug.tpl';
         if($smarty->security && is_file($smarty->debug_tpl)) {
             $smarty->secure_dir[] = dirname(realpath($smarty->debug_tpl));
         }