diff --git a/lib/gollum/app.rb b/lib/gollum/app.rb
index e16ee7c7..c4db2765 100644
--- a/lib/gollum/app.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum/app.rb
@@ -290,6 +290,7 @@ module Precious
       wiki = wiki_new
 
       begin
+        path.gsub!(/^\//, '')
         wiki.write_page(name, format, params[:content], commit_message, path)
 
         page_dir = settings.wiki_options[:page_file_dir].to_s