diff --git a/src/HAB/Solr/Command/Search.php b/src/HAB/Solr/Command/Search.php
index cca4624f32fc3d144944ab189a801f88179d29ce..a7b7f8dcd9a41fdcf08b80e08b891927a152dec3 100644
--- a/src/HAB/Solr/Command/Search.php
+++ b/src/HAB/Solr/Command/Search.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class Search implements CommandInterface
 
     public function __construct ($handler, QueryBuilderInterface $builder = null)
     {
-        $this->handler = $handler;
+        $this->handler = ltrim($handler, '/');
         $this->builder = $builder ?: new QueryBuilder();
     }