diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index df5061f15..6cdf03349 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>io.antmedia</groupId>
         <artifactId>parent</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>2.8.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>ant-media-server</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/antmedia/filter/HttpForwardFilter.java b/src/main/java/io/antmedia/filter/HttpForwardFilter.java
index 7052a4fc5..f56aee298 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/antmedia/filter/HttpForwardFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/antmedia/filter/HttpForwardFilter.java
@@ -45,7 +45,15 @@ public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, FilterCha
 					{
 						if (requestURI.endsWith(extension[i])) {
 							
-							String redirectUri = httpForwardingBaseURL + requestURI.substring(requestURI.indexOf(SLASH, 1));
+							String subURI = requestURI.substring(requestURI.indexOf(SLASH, 1));
+
+							//two back to back slashes cause problems
+							String normalizedBaseURL = httpForwardingBaseURL.endsWith(SLASH) ? httpForwardingBaseURL : httpForwardingBaseURL + SLASH;
+
+							String normalizedSubURI = subURI.startsWith(SLASH) ? subURI.substring(1) : subURI;
+
+							String redirectUri = normalizedBaseURL + normalizedSubURI;
+
 							HttpServletResponse httpResponse = (HttpServletResponse) response;
 							if (redirectUri.contains(DOUBLE_DOT)) {
 								throw new IOException("URI is not well formatted");
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/antmedia/test/filter/HttpForwardFilterTest.java b/src/test/java/io/antmedia/test/filter/HttpForwardFilterTest.java
index 5f26f4e39..dea11cdc7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/antmedia/test/filter/HttpForwardFilterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/antmedia/test/filter/HttpForwardFilterTest.java
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ public void testDoFilterPass() throws IOException, ServletException
 	         httpForwardFilter.doFilter(httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse, filterChain);
 	         //chain filter should not be called because  base url is et
 	         Mockito.verify(filterChain, Mockito.times(5)).doFilter(httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse);
-	         Mockito.verify(httpServletResponse).sendRedirect("http://url//streams/test.m3u8");
-	       
+	         Mockito.verify(httpServletResponse).sendRedirect("http://url/streams/test.m3u8");
+	         
 	         
 	         httpServletRequest.setRequestURI(null);
 	         httpForwardFilter.doFilter(httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse, filterChain);
@@ -119,6 +119,29 @@ public void testDoFilterPass() throws IOException, ServletException
 	         httpForwardFilter.doFilter(httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse, filterChain);
 	         //it should not increase because it's  ok to forward
 	         Mockito.verify(filterChain, Mockito.times(9)).doFilter(httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse);
+	         
+	         {
+	        	 appSettings.setHttpForwardingExtension("m3u8");
+	        	 appSettings.setHttpForwardingBaseURL("http://url");
+		         httpServletRequest.setRequestURI("/LiveApp/streams/test.m3u8");
+
+		         httpForwardFilter.doFilter(httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse, filterChain);
+		         //chain filter should not be called because  base url is et
+		       //  Mockito.verify(filterChain, Mockito.times(5)).doFilter(httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse);
+		         Mockito.verify(httpServletResponse, Mockito.times(2)).sendRedirect("http://url/streams/test.m3u8");
+	         }
+	         
+	         {
+	        	 appSettings.setHttpForwardingExtension("m3u8");
+	        	 appSettings.setHttpForwardingBaseURL("http://url");
+		         httpServletRequest.setRequestURI("LiveApp/streams/test.m3u8");
+
+		         httpForwardFilter.doFilter(httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse, filterChain);
+		         //chain filter should not be called because  base url is et
+		       //  Mockito.verify(filterChain, Mockito.times(5)).doFilter(httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse);
+		         Mockito.verify(httpServletResponse, Mockito.times(3)).sendRedirect("http://url/streams/test.m3u8");
+	        	 
+	         }
 	          
 	         
 	    }