diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index b89c4be40..2c01107dc 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ Fabricio Duarte <fabricio.duarte.jr@gmail.com>
 Mani <github.com/krmanik>
 Kaben Nanlohy <kaben.nanlohy@gmail.com>
 Tobias Predel <tobias.predel@gmail.com>
+Daniel Tang <danielzgtg.opensource@gmail.com>
 
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diff --git a/rslib/src/backend/sync/mod.rs b/rslib/src/backend/sync/mod.rs
index e90a9229d..952190c42 100644
--- a/rslib/src/backend/sync/mod.rs
+++ b/rslib/src/backend/sync/mod.rs
@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ impl TryFrom<pb::sync::SyncAuth> for SyncAuth {
                 .endpoint
                 .map(|v| {
                     Url::try_from(v.as_str())
+                        // Without the next line, incomplete URLs like computer.local without the http://
+                        // 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("/"))
                         .or_invalid("Invalid sync server specified. Please check the preferences.")
                 })
                 .transpose()?,