minicart not working from different template

Hi. I have one template for my homepage and another for the rest of my website. I have a mini-cart button module at the top right of all pages that shows the price of items in the basket and, when clicked, takes the user to their basket. The problem is that when the basket is clicked on from the home page it does nothing but refresh the home page. I assume this is because the basket link normally just brings up the relevant info using the template that the user is already using depending on the page they're on.

How would i enable the basket button on the homepage to work properly by switching to the proper template?