diff --git a/net/sync/gpoddernet/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/net/sync/nextcloud/NextcloudSyncService.java b/net/sync/gpoddernet/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/net/sync/nextcloud/NextcloudSyncService.java
index e98976c81..692d7028a 100644
--- a/net/sync/gpoddernet/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/net/sync/nextcloud/NextcloudSyncService.java
+++ b/net/sync/gpoddernet/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/net/sync/nextcloud/NextcloudSyncService.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
 import okhttp3.Request;
 import okhttp3.RequestBody;
 import okhttp3.Response;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONException;
 import org.json.JSONObject;
@@ -148,7 +150,7 @@ public class NextcloudSyncService implements ISyncService {
                 .scheme(hostname.scheme)
                 .host(hostname.host)
                 .port(hostname.port)
-                .addPathSegments(hostname.subfolder + path);
+                .addPathSegments(StringUtils.stripStart(hostname.subfolder + path, "/"));
     }
 
     @Override