diff --git a/lib/handlers/post.js b/lib/handlers/post.js
index 4d2e45cc0..2caed6b55 100644
--- a/lib/handlers/post.js
+++ b/lib/handlers/post.js
@@ -77,10 +77,14 @@ function handler (req, res, next) {
   function one () {
     debug('Receving one file')
     var linkHeader = header.parseMetadataFromHeader(req.get('Link'))
+    var slug = req.get('Slug')
+    if (slug) {
+      slug = slug.replace('/')
+    }
     ldp.post(
       req.hostname,
       containerPath,
-      req.get('Slug'),
+      slug,
       req,
       linkHeader.isBasicContainer,
       function (err, resourcePath) {