diff --git a/remote.php b/remote.php
index 8461eea19ada063631ff64b7994aae570ce3d918..8dc4df1bd2317d1b19f25f70ce965d437775f202 100644
--- a/remote.php
+++ b/remote.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ switch ($app) {
 	default:
 		OC_Util::checkAppEnabled($app);
 		OC_App::loadApp($app);
-		$file = OC_App::getAppPath($app) .'/'. $parts[1];
+		$file = '/' . OC_App::getAppPath($app) .'/'. $parts[1];
 		break;
 }
 $baseuri = OC::$WEBROOT . '/remote.php/'.$service.'/';