diff --git a/helpers.go b/helpers.go
index 6d6e49be..77907e6a 100644
--- a/helpers.go
+++ b/helpers.go
@@ -211,6 +211,11 @@ func getGroupPath(prefix, path string) string {
 	if path == "/" {
 		return prefix
 	}
+
+	if path[0] != '/' {
+		path = "/" + path
+	}
+
 	return utils.TrimRight(prefix, '/') + path
 }
 
diff --git a/helpers_test.go b/helpers_test.go
index b0d90aa6..45a34097 100644
--- a/helpers_test.go
+++ b/helpers_test.go
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ func Test_Utils_getGroupPath(t *testing.T) {
 
 	res = getGroupPath("/v1/api/", "/")
 	utils.AssertEqual(t, "/v1/api/", res)
+
+	res = getGroupPath("/v1/api", "group")
+	utils.AssertEqual(t, "/v1/api/group", res)
 }
 
 // go test -v -run=^$ -bench=Benchmark_Utils_ -benchmem -count=3