diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j-rest/src/main/java/org/neo4j/rest/graphdb/ExecutingRestRequest.java b/spring-data-neo4j-rest/src/main/java/org/neo4j/rest/graphdb/ExecutingRestRequest.java
index 084720f50..7090038ce 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j-rest/src/main/java/org/neo4j/rest/graphdb/ExecutingRestRequest.java
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j-rest/src/main/java/org/neo4j/rest/graphdb/ExecutingRestRequest.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public class ExecutingRestRequest implements RestRequest {
     }
 
     private String pathOrAbsolute( String path ) {
-        if ( path.startsWith( "http://" ) ) return path;
+        if ( path.contains( "://" ) ) return path;
         return baseUri + "/" + path;
     }