diff --git a/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/models/v2/ImageImpl.java b/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/models/v2/ImageImpl.java
index d074746576..fed0ff5394 100644
--- a/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/models/v2/ImageImpl.java
+++ b/bundles/core/src/main/java/com/adobe/cq/wcm/core/components/internal/models/v2/ImageImpl.java
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ protected void initModel() {
                             dmServerUrl = dmServerPath;
                         } else {
                             // for Publish
-                            dmServerUrl = asset.getMetadataValue(Scene7Constants.PN_S7_DOMAIN) + dmServerPath;
+                            dmServerUrl = asset.getMetadataValue(Scene7Constants.PN_S7_DOMAIN) + dmServerPath.substring(1);
                         }
                         dmImageUrl = dmServerUrl + dmAssetName;
                     }
diff --git a/bundles/core/src/test/resources/image/test-content-dam.json b/bundles/core/src/test/resources/image/test-content-dam.json
index d6f2fc20a1..0c14aac302 100644
--- a/bundles/core/src/test/resources/image/test-content-dam.json
+++ b/bundles/core/src/test/resources/image/test-content-dam.json
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@
                 "dam:Physicalheightindpi"    : 72,
                 "dam:Numberofimages"         : 1,
                 "dam:Numberoftextualcomments": 0,
-                "dam:scene7Domain"           : "https://s7d9.scene7.com",
+                "dam:scene7Domain"           : "https://s7d9.scene7.com/",
                 "dam:scene7File"             : "dmtestcompany/Adobe_Systems_logo_and_wordmark_DM",
                 "tiff:ImageWidth"            : 2000,
                 "dam:sha1"                   : "bb3aa5c9b452b04808006037911705d3592bfd71",
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@
                 "dam:Physicalheightindpi"    : 72,
                 "dam:Numberofimages"         : 1,
                 "dam:Numberoftextualcomments": 0,
-                "dam:scene7Domain"           : "https://s7d9.scene7.com",
+                "dam:scene7Domain"           : "https://s7d9.scene7.com/",
                 "dam:scene7File"             : "dmtestcompany/Adobe_Systems_logo_and_wordmark_DM",
                 "dam:scene7Type"             : "AnimatedGif",
                 "tiff:ImageWidth"            : 2000,