diff --git a/lib/wpscan/wp_target.rb b/lib/wpscan/wp_target.rb
index cfed24be..15d50054 100644
--- a/lib/wpscan/wp_target.rb
+++ b/lib/wpscan/wp_target.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class WpTarget
   attr_reader :uri, :verbose
 
   def initialize(target_url, options = {})
-    @uri            = URI.parse(add_http_protocol(target_url))
+    @uri            = URI.parse(add_trailing_slash(add_http_protocol(target_url)))
     @verbose        = options[:verbose]
     @wp_content_dir = options[:wp_content_dir]
     @wp_plugins_dir = options[:wp_plugins_dir]
diff --git a/spec/lib/wpscan/wp_target_spec.rb b/spec/lib/wpscan/wp_target_spec.rb
index 582aff54..254aa58a 100644
--- a/spec/lib/wpscan/wp_target_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/wpscan/wp_target_spec.rb
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ describe WpTarget do
 
   before :each do
     Browser.reset
-    browser_options =
+    @browser_options =
     {
       :config_file   => SPEC_FIXTURES_CONF_DIR + '/browser/browser.conf.json',
       :cache_timeout => 0
     }
-    @wp_target = WpTarget.new("http://example.localhost/", browser_options)
+    @wp_target = WpTarget.new("http://example.localhost/", @browser_options)
   end
 
   it_should_behave_like "WebSite"
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ describe WpTarget do
       expect { WpTarget.new(nil) }.to raise_error
       expect { Wptarget.new('') }.to raise_error
     end
+
+    it "should add the http protocol if missing" do
+      WpTarget.new("example.localhost/", @browser_options).url.should === "http://example.localhost/"
+    end
+
+    it "should add the trailing slash to the url if missing" do
+      WpTarget.new("lamp/wordpress", @browser_options).url.should === "http://lamp/wordpress/"
+    end
   end
 
   describe "#url" do