diff --git a/src/main/java/io/visual_regression_tracker/sdk_java/VisualRegressionTrackerConfig.java b/src/main/java/io/visual_regression_tracker/sdk_java/VisualRegressionTrackerConfig.java
index 09e1ca5..06fb372 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/visual_regression_tracker/sdk_java/VisualRegressionTrackerConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/visual_regression_tracker/sdk_java/VisualRegressionTrackerConfig.java
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ public VisualRegressionTrackerConfig(@NonNull String apiUrl, @NonNull String api
         this(apiUrl, apiKey, project, branchName, ciBuildId, enableSoftAssert, httpTimeoutInSeconds, null);
     }
 
+    public String getApiUrl() {
+        return apiUrl.replaceAll("/+$", "");
+    }
+
     public static VisualRegressionTrackerConfigBuilder builder() {
         return new VisualRegressionTrackerConfigBuilder();
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/visual_regression_tracker/sdk_java/VisualRegressionTrackerConfigTest.java b/src/test/java/io/visual_regression_tracker/sdk_java/VisualRegressionTrackerConfigTest.java
index c8c949b..e50536a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/visual_regression_tracker/sdk_java/VisualRegressionTrackerConfigTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/visual_regression_tracker/sdk_java/VisualRegressionTrackerConfigTest.java
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package io.visual_regression_tracker.sdk_java;
 
+import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 import uk.org.webcompere.systemstubs.environment.EnvironmentVariables;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
@@ -175,6 +177,27 @@ public void shouldKeepTheConstructorWithoutSourceBranch() {
         assertThat(config.getSourceBranch(), is((String) null));
     }
 
+    @DataProvider(name = "apiUrlSources")
+    public Object[][] apiUrlSources() {
+        return new Object[][]{
+                {(Callable<VisualRegressionTrackerConfig>) () ->
+                        new VisualRegressionTrackerConfig("http://localhost:4200/", "KEY", "PROJECT")},
+                {(Callable<VisualRegressionTrackerConfig>) () -> VisualRegressionTrackerConfig.builder()
+                        .apiUrl("http://localhost:4200//").apiKey("KEY").project("PROJECT").build()},
+                {(Callable<VisualRegressionTrackerConfig>) () -> new EnvironmentVariables("VRT_APIURL", "http://localhost:4200/")
+                        .set("VRT_APIKEY", "KEY").set("VRT_PROJECT", "PROJECT")
+                        .execute(() -> VisualRegressionTrackerConfig.builder().build())},
+                {(Callable<VisualRegressionTrackerConfig>) () -> VisualRegressionTrackerConfig.builder()
+                        .configFile(configFile("{\"apiUrl\": \"http://localhost:4200/\", \"apiKey\": \"KEY\", \"project\": \"PROJECT\"}"))
+                        .build()},
+        };
+    }
+
+    @Test(dataProvider = "apiUrlSources")
+    public void shouldStripTrailingSlashesFromApiUrl(Callable<VisualRegressionTrackerConfig> source) throws Exception {
+        assertThat(source.call().getApiUrl(), is("http://localhost:4200"));
+    }
+
     private File configFile(String content) throws Exception {
         Path configFile = Files.createTempFile("vrt", ".json");
         Files.writeString(configFile, content);
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/visual_regression_tracker/sdk_java/VisualRegressionTrackerTest.java b/src/test/java/io/visual_regression_tracker/sdk_java/VisualRegressionTrackerTest.java
index a06e231..efe0716 100755
--- a/src/test/java/io/visual_regression_tracker/sdk_java/VisualRegressionTrackerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/visual_regression_tracker/sdk_java/VisualRegressionTrackerTest.java
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ public void shouldStartBuild() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         BuildResponse result = vrt.start();
 
         RecordedRequest recordedRequest = mockWebServer.takeRequest();
+        assertThat(recordedRequest.getPath(), is("/builds"));
         assertThat(recordedRequest.getHeader(VisualRegressionTracker.API_KEY_HEADER), is(config.getApiKey()));
         assertThat(recordedRequest.getHeader(VisualRegressionTracker.PROJECT_HEADER), is(config.getProject()));
         assertThat(recordedRequest.getBody().readUtf8(), is(gson.toJson(buildRequest)));