diff --git a/src/_h5ai/js/inc/core/entry.js b/src/_h5ai/js/inc/core/entry.js
index 3e82d5fc..9764904b 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/js/inc/core/entry.js
+++ b/src/_h5ai/js/inc/core/entry.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 modulejs.define('core/entry', ['$', 'core/parser', 'model/entry'], function ($, parser, Entry) {
 
-	var absHref = document.location.pathname.replace(/[^\/]*$/, '');
+	var absHref = document.location.href.replace(/^.*:\/\/[^\/]*/, '').replace(/[^\/]*$/, '');
 
 	parser.parse(absHref, $('body'));
 	$('#data-apache-autoindex').remove();
diff --git a/src/_h5ai/js/inc/model/entry.js b/src/_h5ai/js/inc/model/entry.js
index 85d080c8..dbbad6ac 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/js/inc/model/entry.js
+++ b/src/_h5ai/js/inc/model/entry.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 modulejs.define('model/entry', ['_', 'core/types', 'core/ajax'], function (_, types, ajax) {
 
 	var domain = document.domain,
-		location = document.location.pathname.replace(/[^\/]*$/, ''),
+		location = document.location.href.replace(/^.*:\/\/[^\/]*/, '').replace(/[^\/]*$/, ''),
 
 
 		// utils