--- a/plugins/mod_http_files.lua	Thu Mar 03 15:28:07 2016 +0100
+++ b/plugins/mod_http_files.lua	Thu Mar 03 15:30:00 2016 +0100
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 		end
 		path = sanitized_path;
 		local orig_path = sanitize_path(request.path);
-		local full_path = base_path .. (path and "/"..path or ""):gsub("/", path_sep);
+		local full_path = base_path .. (path or ""):gsub("/", path_sep);
 		local attr = stat(full_path:match("^.*[^\\/]")); -- Strip trailing path separator because Windows
 		if not attr then
 			return 404;