diff --git a/lib/base.php b/lib/base.php
index ff9dd1ad1e..39e0249477 100644
--- a/lib/base.php
+++ b/lib/base.php
@@ -641,7 +641,8 @@ class OC {
 					OC_Preferences::deleteKey(OC_User::getUser(), 'login_token', $_COOKIE['oc_token']);
 				}
 				OC_User::logout();
-				header("Location: " . OC::$WEBROOT);
+				// redirect to webroot and add slash if webroot is empty
+				header("Location: " . OC::$WEBROOT.(empty(OC::$WEBROOT) ? '/' : ''));
 			} else {
 				if (is_null($file)) {
 					$param['file'] = 'index.php';