diff --git a/backend/src/components/request.js b/backend/src/components/request.js
index 4030dac..d2af9e7 100644
--- a/backend/src/components/request.js
+++ b/backend/src/components/request.js
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ async function getLatestRequest(token, digitalID, requestType, setReplicateStatu
   let sagaInProgress = false;
   const url = config.get(`${requestType}:apiEndpoint`);
   try {
-    let data = await getData(token, `${url}/?digitalID=${digitalID}`, correlationID);
+    let data = await getData(token, `${url}?digitalID=${digitalID}`, correlationID);
     request = lodash.maxBy(data, 'statusUpdateDate') || null;
     if(request) {
       sagaInProgress = await redisUtil.isSagaInProgressForDigitalID(request.digitalID);
diff --git a/backend/tests/unit/components/request.spec.js b/backend/tests/unit/components/request.spec.js
index db8f060..975cecb 100644
--- a/backend/tests/unit/components/request.spec.js
+++ b/backend/tests/unit/components/request.spec.js
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ describe('getLatestRequest', () => {
     expect(result).toBeTruthy();
     expect(result.statusUpdateDate).toEqual('2020-03-05T07:05:59');
     expect(result.digitalID).toBeNull();
-    expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('token', config.get('studentRequest:apiEndpoint') + `/?digitalID=${digitalID}`, correlationID);
+    expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('token', config.get('studentRequest:apiEndpoint') + `?digitalID=${digitalID}`, correlationID);
   });
 
   it('should return null if no requests', async () => {
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ describe('getLatestRequest', () => {
     const result = await changeRequest.__get__('getLatestRequest')('token', digitalID, requestType, setReplicateStatus, correlationID);
 
     expect(result).toBeNull();
-    expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('token', config.get('studentRequest:apiEndpoint') + `/?digitalID=${digitalID}`, correlationID);
+    expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('token', config.get('studentRequest:apiEndpoint') + `?digitalID=${digitalID}`, correlationID);
   });
 
   it('should return null if getData return NOT_FOUND', async () => {