diff --git a/lib/pure/uri.nim b/lib/pure/uri.nim
index e2b44a0185..4b25ba084c 100644
--- a/lib/pure/uri.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/uri.nim
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ func removeDotSegments(path: string): string =
           discard collection.pop()
           i.inc 3
           continue
-      elif path[i+1] == '/':
+      elif i + 1 < path.len and path[i+1] == '/':
         i.inc 2
         continue
       currentSegment.add path[i]