diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index fa8a8f700..555a229ae 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ Ingemar Berg <github.com/ingemarberg>
 Ben Kerman <ben@kermanic.org>
 Euan Kemp <euank@euank.com>
 Kieran Black <kieranlblack@gmail.com>
+XeR <github.com/XeR>
 
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diff --git a/rslib/src/backend/sync/mod.rs b/rslib/src/backend/sync/mod.rs
index 952190c42..0f83f3d5b 100644
--- a/rslib/src/backend/sync/mod.rs
+++ b/rslib/src/backend/sync/mod.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ impl TryFrom<pb::sync::SyncAuth> for SyncAuth {
                         // are detected but URLs like computer.local:8000 are not.
                         // By calling join() now, these URLs are detected too and later code that
                         // uses and unwraps the result of join() doesn't panic
-                        .and_then(|x| x.join("/"))
+                        .and_then(|x| x.join("./"))
                         .or_invalid("Invalid sync server specified. Please check the preferences.")
                 })
                 .transpose()?,