diff --git a/stapler/handlers.py b/stapler/handlers.py
index 0d958fe..c423965 100644
--- a/stapler/handlers.py
+++ b/stapler/handlers.py
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ class RequestHandler(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler, BaseHandler):
             return ""
         if self.host != self.default_host:
             if (
-                not (self.root_path / page.path / path).is_file()
+                not (self.root_path / page.path / pathlib.Path(path[1:])).is_file()
                 and path in self.AUTHORIZED_PATHS
             ):
                 return super().translate_path(path)