diff --git a/components/common/cpp/src/configuration.cpp b/components/common/cpp/src/configuration.cpp
index 0cd014cfb474ad041414a95c87694c25134fcb5d..aea0f1b209019332334a8530594d6ba1a84e4587 100644
--- a/components/common/cpp/src/configuration.cpp
+++ b/components/common/cpp/src/configuration.cpp
@@ -255,6 +255,8 @@ static std::string preprocessURI(const std::string &uri) {
 		} else {
 			return uri;
 		}
+	} else if (uri[0] == '/') {
+		return rootCFG->getID() + uri;
 	} else {
 		return uri;
 	}