diff --git a/app/sitemap.ts b/app/sitemap.ts
index f6af812b..0221f004 100644
--- a/app/sitemap.ts
+++ b/app/sitemap.ts
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ export default async function sitemap(): Promise<MetadataRoute.Sitemap> {
 
   // Exclude any stories with noindex set to true on Storyblok
   const indexStories = response.filter((story) => !story.content?.noindex);
-
+  const currentURL = process.env.URL || process.env.DEPLOY_PRIME_URL || 'https://momentum.stanford.edu';
+  
   const ret = indexStories.map((story) => {
+    const url = story.path ? `${currentURL}/${story.path}` : `${currentURL}/${story.full_slug}`;
     return {
-      url: story.path ?? `/${story.full_slug}`,
+      url: url.replace(/\/+$/, ''),
       lastModified: new Date(story.published_at),
       changeFrequency: 'daily', // Added in 13.4.5
       priority: 0.5, // Added in 13.4.5