diff --git a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx
index 756348f4937..6726131df52 100644
--- a/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx
+++ b/ui/litellm-dashboard/src/components/networking.tsx
@@ -353,7 +353,10 @@ export const handleError = async (errorData: string | any) => {
       clearTokenCookies();
       const browserLocation = getWindowLocation();
       if (browserLocation) {
-        window.location.href = browserLocation.pathname;
+        const pathname = browserLocation.pathname;
+        if (pathname.startsWith("/")) {
+          window.location.href = pathname;
+        }
       }
     }
     lastErrorTime = currentTime;