diff --git a/serendipity_event_staticpage/ChangeLog b/serendipity_event_staticpage/ChangeLog
index a5f59b71..c71d4c43 100644
--- a/serendipity_event_staticpage/ChangeLog
+++ b/serendipity_event_staticpage/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+4.15.3: Fix smarty_getCategoryLinkByID expecting a smarty reference, 
+        for compatibility with serendipity 2.3
+
 4.15.2: Fix smarty reference.
 
 4.15.1: Fix deprecated use of undefined constant INCLUDE_ANY
diff --git a/serendipity_event_staticpage/serendipity_event_staticpage.php b/serendipity_event_staticpage/serendipity_event_staticpage.php
index 6090d244..9495175f 100644
--- a/serendipity_event_staticpage/serendipity_event_staticpage.php
+++ b/serendipity_event_staticpage/serendipity_event_staticpage.php
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class serendipity_event_staticpage extends serendipity_event
         $propbag->add('page_configuration', $this->config);
         $propbag->add('type_configuration', $this->config_types);
         $propbag->add('author', 'Marco Rinck, Garvin Hicking, David Rolston, Falk Doering, Stephan Manske, Pascal Uhlmann, Ian, Don Chambers');
-        $propbag->add('version', '4.15.2');
+        $propbag->add('version', '4.15.3');
         $propbag->add('requirements',  array(
             'serendipity' => '2.0',
             'smarty'      => '2.6.7',
diff --git a/serendipity_event_staticpage/smarty.inc.php b/serendipity_event_staticpage/smarty.inc.php
index 0fc6f085..57f0611a 100644
--- a/serendipity_event_staticpage/smarty.inc.php
+++ b/serendipity_event_staticpage/smarty.inc.php
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ function staticpage_display($params, &$smarty) {
  * @return string       The URL of the category - must be added to {$serendipityBaseURL} for a full URL
  */
 
-function smarty_getCategoryLinkByID ($data, &$smarty) {
+function smarty_getCategoryLinkByID ($data, $smarty) {
     $cat    = serendipity_fetchCategoryInfo($data['cid']);
     $result = serendipity_getPermalink($cat, 'category');
     return $result;
@@ -96,4 +96,4 @@ function smarty_getCategoryLinkByID ($data, &$smarty) {
 function getArchiveURL() {
     global $serendipity;
     return serendipity_rewriteURL(PATH_ARCHIVES);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}