diff --git a/src/config/config.c b/src/config/config.c
index a2295a286..0d33b6bd0 100644
--- a/src/config/config.c
+++ b/src/config/config.c
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@ static void initConfig(struct config *conf)
 	conf->webserver.paths.webhome.t = CONF_STRING;
 	conf->webserver.paths.webhome.f = FLAG_RESTART_FTL;
 	conf->webserver.paths.webhome.d.s = (char*)"/admin/";
-	conf->webserver.paths.webhome.c = validate_filepath;
+	conf->webserver.paths.webhome.c = validate_filepath_two_slash;
 
 	// sub-struct interface
 	conf->webserver.interface.boxed.k = "webserver.interface.boxed";
diff --git a/src/config/validator.c b/src/config/validator.c
index d6a8983e6..450b30692 100644
--- a/src/config/validator.c
+++ b/src/config/validator.c
@@ -270,6 +270,21 @@ bool validate_filepath(union conf_value *val, const char *key, char err[VALIDATO
 	return true;
 }
 
+// Validate a file path that needs to have both a slash at the beginning and at
+// the end
+bool validate_filepath_two_slash(union conf_value *val, const char *key, char err[VALIDATOR_ERRBUF_LEN])
+{
+	// Check if the path starts and ends with a slash
+	if(strlen(val->s) < 1 || val->s[0] != '/' || val->s[strlen(val->s) - 1] != '/')
+	{
+		snprintf(err, VALIDATOR_ERRBUF_LEN, "%s: file path does not start and end with a slash (\"%s\")", key, val->s);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	// Check if the path contains only valid characters
+	return validate_filepath(val, key, err);
+}
+
 // Validate file path (empty allowed)
 bool validate_filepath_empty(union conf_value *val, const char *key, char err[VALIDATOR_ERRBUF_LEN])
 {
diff --git a/src/config/validator.h b/src/config/validator.h
index 12fe3182e..3b5f76dca 100644
--- a/src/config/validator.h
+++ b/src/config/validator.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ bool validate_dns_domain(union conf_value *val, const char *key, char err[VALIDA
 bool validate_cidr(union conf_value *val, const char *key, char err[VALIDATOR_ERRBUF_LEN]);
 bool validate_domain(union conf_value *val, const char *key, char err[VALIDATOR_ERRBUF_LEN]);
 bool validate_filepath(union conf_value *val, const char *key, char err[VALIDATOR_ERRBUF_LEN]);
+bool validate_filepath_two_slash(union conf_value *val, const char *key, char err[VALIDATOR_ERRBUF_LEN]);
 bool validate_filepath_empty(union conf_value *val, const char *key, char err[VALIDATOR_ERRBUF_LEN]);
 bool validate_filepath_dash(union conf_value *val, const char *key, char err[VALIDATOR_ERRBUF_LEN]);
 bool validate_regex_array(union conf_value *val, const char *key, char err[VALIDATOR_ERRBUF_LEN]);