diff --git a/migrate_metadata_to_redis.rb b/migrate_metadata_to_redis.rb
index fa2a705..0f37a49 100755
--- a/migrate_metadata_to_redis.rb
+++ b/migrate_metadata_to_redis.rb
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class Migrator
       if is_root_listing
         get_response = do_get_request("#{container_url_for(@username)}/?format=json&path=")
       else
-        get_response = do_get_request("#{container_url_for(@username)}/?format=json&path=#{escape(directory)}/")
+        get_response = do_get_request("#{container_url_for(@username)}/?format=json&path=#{escape(directory)}")
       end
     end