diff --git a/src/imports/resourceinstance.cpp b/src/imports/resourceinstance.cpp
--- a/src/imports/resourceinstance.cpp
+++ b/src/imports/resourceinstance.cpp
@@ -52,19 +52,7 @@
         // qDebug() << "Creating a new instance of the resource" << m_uri << "window id" << wid;
         m_resourceInstance.reset(new KActivities::ResourceInstance(wid, m_uri, m_mimetype, m_title));
     } else {
-
-        if (m_uri.scheme().startsWith(QLatin1String("http")) && !m_uri.hasQuery() && m_uri.path().endsWith(QLatin1Char('/'))) {
-            const QString &oldPath = m_uri.path();
-            m_uri.setPath(oldPath.left(oldPath.length() - 1));
-
-            // qDebug() << "Old and new path" << oldPath << m_uri;
-
-        } else {
-            m_resourceInstance->setUri(m_uri);
-        }
-
-        // qDebug() << "Setting" << m_uri << m_mimetype << "to window" << wid;
-
+        m_resourceInstance->setUri(m_uri);
         m_resourceInstance->setMimetype(m_mimetype);
         m_resourceInstance->setTitle(m_title);
     }
@@ -81,7 +69,7 @@
         return;
     }
 
-    m_uri = uri;
+    m_uri = uri.adjusted(QUrl::StripTrailingSlash);
     m_syncTimer->start(100);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/resourceinstance.cpp b/src/lib/resourceinstance.cpp
--- a/src/lib/resourceinstance.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/resourceinstance.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 {
     qCDebug(KAMD_CORELIB) << "Creating ResourceInstance: " << resourceUri;
     d->wid = wid;
-    d->uri = resourceUri;
+    d->uri = resourceUri.adjusted(QUrl::StripTrailingSlash);
     d->application = application.isEmpty() ? QCoreApplication::instance()->applicationName() : application;
 
     d->openResource();
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
         d->closeResource();
     }
 
-    d->uri = newUri;
+    d->uri = newUri.adjusted(QUrl::StripTrailingSlash);
 
     d->openResource();
 }