diff --git a/include/network.php b/include/network.php
index d2732e0393..d398d8fa0c 100644
--- a/include/network.php
+++ b/include/network.php
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ function fetch_url($url,$binary = false, &$redirects = 0, $timeout = 0, $accept_
 			$newurl = trim(array_pop($matches));
 		}
 		if(strpos($newurl,'/') === 0)
-			$newurl = $url . $newurl;
+			$newurl = $old_location_info["scheme"]."://".$old_location_info["host"].$newurl;
 		if (filter_var($newurl, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL)) {
 			$redirects++;
 			return fetch_url($newurl,$binary,$redirects,$timeout);