No really, fix it for real

_includes/2017/meta-vars.html

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ It emits some blank lines because Jekyll, lol.
 
 {% assign depth = page.url | split: '/' | size | minus: 1 %}
 
+{% assign base = '' %}
 {% if depth <= 1 %}{% assign base = '.' %}
 {% elsif depth == 2 %}{% assign base = '..' %}
 {% elsif depth == 3 %}{% assign base = '../..' %}
@@ -33,6 +34,4 @@ It emits some blank lines because Jekyll, lol.
 {% capture meta_description %}{% include values/description.html page=include.page %}{% endcapture %}
 {% assign meta_description = meta_description | strip_newlines %}
 
-{% assign base = '' %}
-
 {% capture page_url %}{{ site.url }}{{ page.url | remove: '.html' }}{% endcapture %}