diff --git a/scripts/mirror-server/multinode_status.py b/scripts/mirror-server/multinode_status.py
index ef72008b3..93cce9eb5 100755
--- a/scripts/mirror-server/multinode_status.py
+++ b/scripts/mirror-server/multinode_status.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def process_job(run):
 def found(dlrn):
     if not dlrn:
         return False
-    metadata = os.path.join(config.base_dir, dlrn, "/metadata.txt")
+    metadata = os.path.join(config.base_dir, dlrn, "metadata.txt")
     return os.path.exists(metadata)