diff --git a/src/fish.cpp b/src/fish.cpp
index 4e2d7df16..7e99342c4 100644
--- a/src/fish.cpp
+++ b/src/fish.cpp
@@ -126,14 +126,14 @@ static struct config_paths_t determine_config_directory_paths(const char *argv0)
         // link CF, use this lame approach to test it: see if the resolved path ends with
         // /Contents/MacOS/fish, case insensitive since HFS+ usually is.
         if (!done) {
-            const char *suffix = "/Contents/Resources/base/bin/fish";
+            const char *suffix = "Contents/Resources/base/bin/fish";
             const size_t suffixlen = strlen(suffix);
             if (has_suffix(exec_path, suffix, true)) {
                 // Looks like we're a bundle. Cut the string at the / prefixing /Contents... and
                 // then the rest.
                 wcstring wide_resolved_path = str2wcstring(exec_path);
                 wide_resolved_path.resize(exec_path.size() - suffixlen);
-                wide_resolved_path.append(L"/Contents/Resources/");
+                wide_resolved_path.append(L"Contents/Resources/base/");
 
                 // Append share, etc, doc.
                 paths.data = wide_resolved_path + L"share/fish";