diff --git a/lib/gollum/app.rb b/lib/gollum/app.rb
index e16ee7c7..450d2784 100644
--- a/lib/gollum/app.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum/app.rb
@@ -289,6 +289,8 @@ module Precious
       format       = params[:format].intern
       wiki = wiki_new
 
+      path.gsub!(/^\//, '')
+
       begin
         wiki.write_page(name, format, params[:content], commit_message, path)