diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GithubDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GithubDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts
index fe6bb51521..41698e1d04 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GithubDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GithubDiscoveryProcessor.test.ts
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ describe('GithubDiscoveryProcessor', () => {
       ).toEqual({
         org: 'foo',
         repoSearchPath: /^proj$/,
-        catalogPath: 'blob/master/catalog.yaml',
+        catalogPath: '/blob/master/catalog.yaml',
       });
       expect(
         parseUrl('https://github.com/foo/proj*/blob/master/catalog.yaml'),
       ).toEqual({
         org: 'foo',
         repoSearchPath: /^proj.*$/,
-        catalogPath: 'blob/master/catalog.yaml',
+        catalogPath: '/blob/master/catalog.yaml',
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GithubDiscoveryProcessor.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GithubDiscoveryProcessor.ts
index f96943eebb..9af247fd25 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GithubDiscoveryProcessor.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/ingestion/processors/GithubDiscoveryProcessor.ts
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ export class GithubDiscoveryProcessor implements CatalogProcessor {
         results.location(
           {
             type: 'url',
-            target: `${repository.url}/${catalogPath}`,
+            target: `${repository.url}${catalogPath}`,
           },
           false,
         ),
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export function parseUrl(
     return {
       org: decodeURIComponent(path[0]),
       repoSearchPath: escapeRegExp(decodeURIComponent(path[1])),
-      catalogPath: decodeURIComponent(path.slice(2).join('/')),
+      catalogPath: `/${decodeURIComponent(path.slice(2).join('/'))}`,
     };
   }