diff --git a/changes/unreleased/Fixed-20220224-164528.yaml b/changes/unreleased/Fixed-20220224-164528.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d6fcfcd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/unreleased/Fixed-20220224-164528.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+kind: Fixed
+body: Tolerate slashes being at the end of the communal endpoint url
+time: 2022-02-24T16:45:28.95511728-05:00
+custom:
+  Issue: "161"
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/init_db.go b/pkg/controllers/init_db.go
index 33cacf54b..c7b4c911c 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/init_db.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/init_db.go
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ func (g *GenericDatabaseInitializer) getCommunalEndpoint() string {
 	prefix := []string{"https://", "http://"}
 	for _, pref := range prefix {
 		if i := strings.Index(g.Vdb.Spec.Communal.Endpoint, pref); i == 0 {
-			return g.Vdb.Spec.Communal.Endpoint[len(pref):]
+			return strings.TrimSuffix(g.Vdb.Spec.Communal.Endpoint[len(pref):], "/")
 		}
 	}
 	return g.Vdb.Spec.Communal.Endpoint
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ func getEndpointHostPort(blobEndpoint string) string {
 	if len(m) == 0 || len(m[0]) < 3 {
 		return blobEndpoint
 	}
-	return m[0][2]
+	return strings.TrimSuffix(m[0][2], "/")
 }
 
 // getHadoopConfDir gets the string to include in the auth parms for
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/init_db_test.go b/pkg/controllers/init_db_test.go
index 02c8f50e7..4750d47d2 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/init_db_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/init_db_test.go
@@ -59,12 +59,19 @@ var _ = Describe("init_db", func() {
 		}
 
 		Expect(g.getCommunalEndpoint()).Should(Equal("192.168.0.1"))
+
 		Expect(g.getEnableHTTPS()).Should(Equal("1"))
 
 		vdb.Spec.Communal.Endpoint = "http://fqdn.example.com:8080"
 
 		Expect(g.getCommunalEndpoint()).Should(Equal("fqdn.example.com:8080"))
 		Expect(g.getEnableHTTPS()).Should(Equal("0"))
+
+		vdb.Spec.Communal.Endpoint = "https://minio/"
+		Expect(g.getCommunalEndpoint()).Should(Equal("minio"))
+
+		vdb.Spec.Communal.Endpoint = "https://minio:3000/"
+		Expect(g.getCommunalEndpoint()).Should(Equal("minio:3000"))
 	})
 
 	It("should fail to get host list if some pods not running", func() {
@@ -199,7 +206,10 @@ var _ = Describe("init_db", func() {
 		Expect(getEndpointHostPort("http://hostname")).Should(Equal("hostname"))
 		Expect(getEndpointHostPort("https://tlsHost:3000")).Should(Equal("tlsHost:3000"))
 		Expect(getEndpointHostPort("account@myhost")).Should(Equal("account@myhost"))
+		Expect(getEndpointHostPort("azb://account/container/db/")).Should(Equal("account/container/db"))
+
 	})
+
 })
 
 func contructAuthParmsHelper(ctx context.Context, vdb *vapi.VerticaDB, mustHaveCmd string) []cmds.CmdHistory {