diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/config/ConsulPropertySource.java b/spring-cloud-consul-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/config/ConsulPropertySource.java
index 983c931b..b1737f79 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/config/ConsulPropertySource.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/config/ConsulPropertySource.java
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ public class ConsulPropertySource extends EnumerablePropertySource<ConsulClient>
 		if (!this.context.endsWith("/")) {
 			this.context = this.context + "/";
 		}
+		if (this.context.startsWith("/")) {
+			this.context = this.context.substring(1);
+		}
 
 		Response<List<GetValue>> response = this.source.getKVValues(this.context, this.configProperties.getAclToken(),
 				QueryParams.DEFAULT);
diff --git a/spring-cloud-consul-config/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/config/ConsulPropertySourceTests.java b/spring-cloud-consul-config/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/config/ConsulPropertySourceTests.java
index eeac72ba..f9a021d1 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-consul-config/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/config/ConsulPropertySourceTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-consul-config/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/consul/config/ConsulPropertySourceTests.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class ConsulPropertySourceTests {
 	@Before
 	public void setup() {
 		ConsulTestcontainers.start();
-		this.prefix = "consulPropertySourceTests" + new Random().nextInt(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
+		this.prefix = "/consulPropertySourceTests" + new Random().nextInt(Integer.MAX_VALUE);
 		this.client = ConsulTestcontainers.client();
 	}
 
@@ -117,4 +117,12 @@ public class ConsulPropertySourceTests {
 		return source;
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testExtraSlashInContext() {
+		ConsulPropertySource source = new ConsulPropertySource("/my/very/custom/context", this.client,
+			new ConsulConfigProperties());
+		source.init();
+		assertThat(source.getContext()).as("context was wrong").isEqualTo("my/very/custom/context/");
+	}
+
 }