diff --git a/catalog/src/controller/contentController.ts b/catalog/src/controller/contentController.ts
index dad39ba..4bf2907 100644
--- a/catalog/src/controller/contentController.ts
+++ b/catalog/src/controller/contentController.ts
@@ -127,9 +127,10 @@ export class ContentController {
             const openApiIndexBuilder = new OpenApiIndexBuilder();
 
             for (const fileName of fileNames) {
+                const specKey = fileName.startsWith("/") ? fileName.substr(1) : fileName;
                 const filePath = path.resolve(specsFolderPath, fileName);
                 const spec: OpenApiSpec30 = JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(filePath, defaultFileEncoding));
-                openApiIndexBuilder.appendSpec(fileName, spec);
+                openApiIndexBuilder.appendSpec(specKey, spec);
             }
 
             const searchIndex = openApiIndexBuilder.buildIndex();
diff --git a/catalog/src/publishing/openApiPublisher.ts b/catalog/src/publishing/openApiPublisher.ts
index 5252ac8..a505810 100644
--- a/catalog/src/publishing/openApiPublisher.ts
+++ b/catalog/src/publishing/openApiPublisher.ts
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@ export class OpenApiPublisher implements IPublisher {
             const downloadKeys = await this.specsBlobStorage.listBlobs();
 
             for (const blobKey of downloadKeys) {
-                const specContent = await this.specsBlobStorage.downloadBlob(blobKey);
+                const specKey = blobKey.startsWith("/") ? blobKey.substr(1) : blobKey;
+                const specContent = await this.specsBlobStorage.downloadBlob(specKey);
                 const openApiSpec: OpenApiSpec30 = JSON.parse(Utils.uint8ArrayToString(specContent));
 
-                openApiIndexBuilder.appendSpec(blobKey, openApiSpec);
+                openApiIndexBuilder.appendSpec(specKey, openApiSpec);
 
-                await this.outputBlobStorage.uploadBlob(`/specs/${blobKey}`, specContent, "application/json");
+                await this.outputBlobStorage.uploadBlob(`/specs/${specKey}`, specContent, "application/json");
                 this.logger.trackEvent("Publishing", { message: `Publishing OpenAPI spec ${openApiSpec.info.title}...` });
             }