diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ApplicationDaoJena.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ApplicationDaoJena.java
index 8ceac577d..c2858bf02 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ApplicationDaoJena.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ApplicationDaoJena.java
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ public class ApplicationDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements ApplicationDao {
                 RDFNode node = nodes.next();
                 if (node.isLiteral()) {
                     String namespace = ((Literal)node).getLexicalForm();
+                    // org.openrdf.model.impl.URIImpl.URIImpl.getNamespace() returns a 
+                    // namespace with a final slash, so this makes matching easier.
+                    // It also accords with the way the default namespace is defined.
+                    if (!namespace.endsWith("/")) {
+                        namespace = namespace + "/";
+                    }
                     externallyLinkedNamespaces.add(namespace);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/URLRewritingHttpServletResponse.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/URLRewritingHttpServletResponse.java
index 1b5a85185..928db1f44 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/URLRewritingHttpServletResponse.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/URLRewritingHttpServletResponse.java
@@ -167,11 +167,11 @@ public class URLRewritingHttpServletResponse implements HttpServletResponse {
 									// remove the ugly uri parameter
 									indexToRemove = qpIndex;
 								} else if (isExternallyLinkedNamespace(namespace)) {
-								    namespace = removeFinalSlash(namespace);
 								    log.debug("Found externally linked namespace " + namespace);
 								    // Use the externally linked namespace in the url
-								    url.pathParts = new ArrayList<String>();								    
-								    url.pathParts.add(namespace);
+								    url.pathParts = new ArrayList<String>();
+								    // toString() will join elements with a slash, so remove this one.
+								    url.pathParts.add(namespace.replaceAll("/$", ""));
 								    url.pathParts.add(localName);
 								    // remove the ugly uri parameter
 								    indexToRemove = qpIndex;
@@ -470,13 +470,8 @@ public class URLRewritingHttpServletResponse implements HttpServletResponse {
 	}
 	
 	private boolean isExternallyLinkedNamespace(String namespace) {
-	    namespace = removeFinalSlash(namespace);
 	    List<String> externallyLinkedNamespaces = wadf.getApplicationDao().getExternallyLinkedNamespaces();
 	    return externallyLinkedNamespaces.contains(namespace);
 	}
 	
-	private String removeFinalSlash(String str) {
-	    return str.replaceAll("/$", "");
-	}
-	
 }