diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/Repository.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/Repository.java
index b2d99c85e1..44841893e7 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/Repository.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/Repository.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ import java.util.List;
  * @author Sebastian Sdorra
  */
 @StaticPermissions(
-  value = "repository", 
+  value = "repository",
   permissions = {"read", "write", "modify", "delete", "healthCheck"}
 )
 @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
@@ -356,9 +356,7 @@ public class Repository extends BasicPropertiesAware implements ModelObject, Per
    * @since 1.17
    */
   public String createUrl(String baseUrl) {
-    String url = HttpUtil.append(baseUrl, type);
-
-    return HttpUtil.concatenate(url, namespace, name);
+    return HttpUtil.concatenate(baseUrl, type, namespace, name);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/HttpUtil.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/HttpUtil.java
index 99de58023e..30995a0b3c 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/HttpUtil.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/HttpUtil.java
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ public final class HttpUtil
 
   /**
    * Name of bearer authentication cookie.
-   * 
+   *
    * TODO find a better place
-   * 
+   *
    * @since 2.0.0
    */
   public static final String COOKIE_BEARER_AUTHENTICATION = "X-Bearer-Token";
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public final class HttpUtil
    * @since 2.0.0
    */
   public static final String HEADER_AUTHORIZATION = "Authorization";
-  
+
   /**
    * content-length header
    * @since 1.46
@@ -248,6 +248,14 @@ public final class HttpUtil
 
   //~--- methods --------------------------------------------------------------
 
+  /**
+   * Joins all path elements together separated by {@code {@link #SEPARATOR_PATH}}.
+   *
+   * @param pathElements path elements
+   *
+   * @return concatenated path
+   * @since 2.0.0
+   */
   public static String concatenate(String... pathElements) {
     return Arrays.stream(pathElements).reduce(HttpUtil::append).orElse("");
   }
diff --git a/scm-core/src/test/java/sonia/scm/util/HttpUtilTest.java b/scm-core/src/test/java/sonia/scm/util/HttpUtilTest.java
index b85221f8c8..5e6fa3e10e 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/test/java/sonia/scm/util/HttpUtilTest.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/test/java/sonia/scm/util/HttpUtilTest.java
@@ -54,6 +54,18 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 public class HttpUtilTest
 {
 
+  @Test
+  public void concatenateTest() {
+    assertEquals(
+      "/scm/git/hitchhiker/tricia",
+      HttpUtil.concatenate("/scm", "git", "hitchhiker", "tricia")
+    );
+    assertEquals(
+      "scm/git/hitchhiker/tricia",
+      HttpUtil.concatenate("scm", "git", "hitchhiker", "tricia")
+    );
+  }
+
   /**
    * Method description
    *
@@ -63,19 +75,19 @@ public class HttpUtilTest
   {
     //J-
     assertEquals(
-      "http://www.scm-manager/scm/test", 
+      "http://www.scm-manager/scm/test",
       HttpUtil.append("http://www.scm-manager/scm/", "test")
     );
     assertEquals(
-      "http://www.scm-manager/scm/test", 
+      "http://www.scm-manager/scm/test",
       HttpUtil.append("http://www.scm-manager/scm", "test")
     );
     assertEquals(
-      "http://www.scm-manager/scm/test", 
+      "http://www.scm-manager/scm/test",
       HttpUtil.append("http://www.scm-manager/scm", "/test")
     );
     assertEquals(
-      "http://www.scm-manager/scm/test", 
+      "http://www.scm-manager/scm/test",
       HttpUtil.append("http://www.scm-manager/scm/", "/test")
     );
     //J+