diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/audio.html b/layouts/shortcodes/audio.html
index 2b5fbaa5..322e976b 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/audio.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/audio.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 {{ $path := "" }}
 {{ $root_dir := "" }}
-{{ $media_dir := .Page.Scratch.Get "media_dir" }}
+{{ $media_dir := site.Params.media_dir | default "media" }}
 {{ if .Get "library" }}
   {{ $path = printf "%s/" $media_dir }}
   {{ $root_dir = "static/" }}
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/figure.html b/layouts/shortcodes/figure.html
index ba746af3..718f0b95 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/figure.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/figure.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {{/* Enable image to be loaded from local page dir or media library at `static/media/`. */}}
 
-{{ $media_dir := .Page.Scratch.Get "media_dir" }}
+{{ $media_dir := site.Params.media_dir | default "media" }}
 {{ $asset := (.Page.Resources.ByType "image").GetMatch (.Get "src") }}
 {{ $is_svg := false }}
 {{ if $asset }}
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/gallery.html b/layouts/shortcodes/gallery.html
index 01b6a91b..2b5dd508 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/gallery.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/gallery.html
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   {{ $.Scratch.Set "src" .image }}
   {{ if gt (len .image) 4 }}
     {{ if ne "http" (slicestr .image 0 4) }}
-      {{ $media_dir := .Page.Scratch.Get "media_dir" }}
+      {{ $media_dir := site.Params.media_dir | default "media" }}
       {{ $.Scratch.Set "src" (printf "%s/%s" $media_dir .image | relURL) }}
     {{ end }}
   {{ end }}
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/video.html b/layouts/shortcodes/video.html
index 579e9b01..ceafb7d1 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/video.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/video.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 {{ $path := "" }}
 {{ $root_dir := "" }}
-{{ $media_dir := .Page.Scratch.Get "media_dir" }}
+{{ $media_dir := site.Params.media_dir | default "media" }}
 {{ if .Get "library" }}
   {{ $path = printf "%s/" $media_dir }}
   {{ $root_dir = "static/" }}