diff --git a/gitlab/functions.sh b/gitlab/functions.sh
index 45d742dfa7553cc501eaf04cf6721dc80c35ce5d..fd36ebe4ca448a5a3602d459df086554c28babee 100644
--- a/gitlab/functions.sh
+++ b/gitlab/functions.sh
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ dav_upload_folder() {
     # with the server path prefix ('private-upload/docs/test/')
     # to make something like '../folder1/folder2/folder-to-upload/test.txt'
     # into 'private-upload/docs/test.txt'
-    local server_path="${fname/$1\//$2}"
+    local server_path="${fname/$1/$2}"
 
     # if its a file...
     if [[ -f "${fname}" ]]; then