diff --git a/public/pages/CreateMonitor/components/ClusterMetricsMonitor/utils/clusterMetricsMonitorHelpers.test.js b/public/pages/CreateMonitor/components/ClusterMetricsMonitor/utils/clusterMetricsMonitorHelpers.test.js
index fee91cd81..018614b7f 100644
--- a/public/pages/CreateMonitor/components/ClusterMetricsMonitor/utils/clusterMetricsMonitorHelpers.test.js
+++ b/public/pages/CreateMonitor/components/ClusterMetricsMonitor/utils/clusterMetricsMonitorHelpers.test.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ describe('clusterMetricsMonitorHelpers', () => {
           uri: {
             api_type: API_TYPES.CLUSTER_HEALTH.type,
             path: path,
-            path_params: pathParams,
+            path_params: '/' + pathParams,
             url: `http://localhost:9200/${path}/${pathParams}`,
           },
         };
diff --git a/public/pages/CreateMonitor/containers/CreateMonitor/utils/formikToMonitor.js b/public/pages/CreateMonitor/containers/CreateMonitor/utils/formikToMonitor.js
index 6aea28e13..bb9d81a33 100644
--- a/public/pages/CreateMonitor/containers/CreateMonitor/utils/formikToMonitor.js
+++ b/public/pages/CreateMonitor/containers/CreateMonitor/utils/formikToMonitor.js
@@ -157,13 +157,18 @@ export function formikToClusterMetricsInput(values) {
   if (_.isEmpty(apiType)) apiType = getApiType(_.get(values, 'uri'));
   let pathParams = _.get(values, 'uri.path_params', FORMIK_INITIAL_VALUES.uri.path_params);
   pathParams = _.trim(pathParams);
+  // Trim '/' characters from the beginning and end of the path
+  pathParams = pathParams?.replace(/^\/+|\/+$/g, '');
   const hasPathParams = !_.isEmpty(pathParams);
   const path = getApiPath(hasPathParams, apiType);
   let url = FORMIK_INITIAL_VALUES.uri.url;
   if (!_.isEmpty(apiType)) {
     url = URL_DEFAULT_PREFIX;
     if (!_.isEmpty(path)) url = url + '/' + path;
-    if (hasPathParams) url = url + '/' + pathParams + _.get(API_TYPES, `${apiType}.appendText`, '');
+    if (hasPathParams) {
+      pathParams = '/' + pathParams;
+      url = url + pathParams + _.get(API_TYPES, `${apiType}.appendText`, '');
+    }
   }
   return {
     uri: {