diff --git a/app/config.mts b/app/config.mts
index 9ff45f88..74f48d2f 100644
--- a/app/config.mts
+++ b/app/config.mts
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ import dotenv from 'dotenv';
 import dotenvExpand from 'dotenv-expand';
 import process from 'process';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
+export const trimSlashes = (dirPath: string) => {
+  return dirPath.replace(/^[\/\\]|[\/\\]$/g, '');
+};
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
@@ -212,7 +215,7 @@ export const getAppHttpUrl = () => {
 export const getSiteName = () => env.SITE_NAME||"(dev) No Moss 3 Carbo Landfill Online Localhost";
 export const getSiteWelcomeMessage = () => env.SITE_WELCOME_MESSAGE||"Devel' It Up, Developer!";
 export const getSiteHost = () => env.SITE_HOST||"localhost";
-export const getSiteUrl = () => env.SITE_URL||getAppHttpUrl();
+export const getSiteUrl = () => trimSlashes(env.SITE_URL||getAppHttpUrl());
 
 // Note the difference: PUBLIC_PATH is expected to be one level above the project folder and PAGES_PATH, STATIC_PATH, and VIEWS_PATH are all copied from src/ to dist/.
 export const getPublicPath = () => path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', (env.PUBLIC_PATH||path.join('..', 'nm3clol-public')).replaceAll('\\', path.sep).replaceAll('/', path.sep));
@@ -223,16 +226,16 @@ export const getViewsPath = () => path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'dist', 'view
 export const getSolrDocsHost = () => env.SOLR_DOCS_HOST||'solr';
 export const getSolrDocsPort = () => parseInt(env.SOLR_DOCS_PORT||'8983');
 export const getSolrDocsCore = () => env.SOLR_DOCS_CORE||'nm3clol_core';
-export const getSolrDocsUrl = () => env.SOLR_DOCS_URL||`http://${getSolrDocsHost()}:${getSolrDocsPort()}/solr/${getSolrDocsCore()}`;
+export const getSolrDocsUrl = () => trimSlashes(env.SOLR_DOCS_URL||`http://${getSolrDocsHost()}:${getSolrDocsPort()}/solr/${getSolrDocsCore()}`);
 
 export const getSolrLawHost = () => env.SOLR_LAW_HOST||getSolrDocsHost();
 export const getSolrLawPort = () => env.SOLR_LAW_PORT ? parseInt(env.SOLR_LAW_PORT) : getSolrDocsPort();
 export const getSolrLawCore = () => env.SOLR_LAW_CORE||'vacode_core';
-export const getSolrLawUrl = () => env.SOLR_LAW_URL||`http://${getSolrLawHost()}:${getSolrLawPort()}/solr/${getSolrLawCore()}`;
+export const getSolrLawUrl = () => trimSlashes(env.SOLR_LAW_URL||`http://${getSolrLawHost()}:${getSolrLawPort()}/solr/${getSolrLawCore()}`);
 
 export const getTikaHost = () => env.TIKA_HOST||'tika';
 export const getTikaPort = () => parseInt(env.TIKA_PORT||'9998');
-export const getTikaUrl = () => env.TIKA_URL||`http://${getTikaHost()}:${getTikaPort()}`;
+export const getTikaUrl = () => trimSlashes(env.TIKA_URL||`http://${getTikaHost()}:${getTikaPort()}`);
 
 export const config: Config = {
   appHttpHost: getAppHttpHost(),