diff --git a/static/scripts/mvc/user/user-model.js b/static/scripts/mvc/user/user-model.js
index 756ede97d6d..17d574ad0a3 100644
--- a/static/scripts/mvc/user/user-model.js
+++ b/static/scripts/mvc/user/user-model.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ var User = Backbone.Model.extend( LoggableMixin ).extend(
     //logger              : console,
     
     /** API location for this resource */
-    urlRoot : 'api/users',
+    urlRoot : '/api/users',
 
     /** Model defaults
      *  Note: don't check for anon-users with the username as the default is '(anonymous user)'
diff --git a/static/scripts/packed/mvc/user/user-model.js b/static/scripts/packed/mvc/user/user-model.js
index ccd2ff0fe11..729c4871e81 100644
--- a/static/scripts/packed/mvc/user/user-model.js
+++ b/static/scripts/packed/mvc/user/user-model.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-var User=Backbone.Model.extend(LoggableMixin).extend({urlRoot:"api/users",defaults:{id:null,username:"("+_l("anonymous user")+")",email:"",total_disk_usage:0,nice_total_disk_usage:"",quota_percent:null},initialize:function(a){this.log("User.initialize:",a);this.on("loaded",function(b,c){this.log(this+" has loaded:",b,c)});this.on("change",function(b,c){this.log(this+" has changed:",b,c.changes)})},isAnonymous:function(){return(!this.get("email"))},loadFromApi:function(d,b){d=d||User.CURRENT_ID_STR;b=b||{};var a=this,c=b.success;b.success=function(f,e){a.trigger("loaded",f,e);if(c){c(f,e)}};if(d===User.CURRENT_ID_STR){b.url=this.urlRoot+"/"+User.CURRENT_ID_STR}return BaseModel.prototype.fetch.call(this,b)},clearSessionStorage:function(){for(var a in sessionStorage){if(a.indexOf("HistoryView.")===0){sessionStorage.removeItem(a)}}},toString:function(){var a=[this.get("username")];if(this.get("id")){a.unshift(this.get("id"));a.push(this.get("email"))}return"User("+a.join(":")+")"}});User.CURRENT_ID_STR="current";User.getCurrentUserFromApi=function(b){var a=new User();a.loadFromApi(User.CURRENT_ID_STR,b);return a};var UserCollection=Backbone.Collection.extend(LoggableMixin).extend({model:User,urlRoot:"api/users"});
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+var User=Backbone.Model.extend(LoggableMixin).extend({urlRoot:"/api/users",defaults:{id:null,username:"("+_l("anonymous user")+")",email:"",total_disk_usage:0,nice_total_disk_usage:"",quota_percent:null},initialize:function(a){this.log("User.initialize:",a);this.on("loaded",function(b,c){this.log(this+" has loaded:",b,c)});this.on("change",function(b,c){this.log(this+" has changed:",b,c.changes)})},isAnonymous:function(){return(!this.get("email"))},loadFromApi:function(d,b){d=d||User.CURRENT_ID_STR;b=b||{};var a=this,c=b.success;b.success=function(f,e){a.trigger("loaded",f,e);if(c){c(f,e)}};if(d===User.CURRENT_ID_STR){b.url=this.urlRoot+"/"+User.CURRENT_ID_STR}return BaseModel.prototype.fetch.call(this,b)},clearSessionStorage:function(){for(var a in sessionStorage){if(a.indexOf("HistoryView.")===0){sessionStorage.removeItem(a)}}},toString:function(){var a=[this.get("username")];if(this.get("id")){a.unshift(this.get("id"));a.push(this.get("email"))}return"User("+a.join(":")+")"}});User.CURRENT_ID_STR="current";User.getCurrentUserFromApi=function(b){var a=new User();a.loadFromApi(User.CURRENT_ID_STR,b);return a};var UserCollection=Backbone.Collection.extend(LoggableMixin).extend({model:User,urlRoot:"api/users"});
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