diff --git a/contrib/boobot.py b/contrib/boobot.py
index 2acdfb2f..47069d68 100755
--- a/contrib/boobot.py
+++ b/contrib/boobot.py
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ def fixurl(url):
     # remove javascript crap
     url = url.replace('/#!/', '/')
 
+    # while valid, it is most likely an error
+    url = url.replace('//', '/')
+
     # parse it
     parsed = urlparse.urlsplit(url)