diff --git a/app/workers/post_receive.rb b/app/workers/post_receive.rb
index bf14ab8..11281b8 100644
--- a/app/workers/post_receive.rb
+++ b/app/workers/post_receive.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ class PostReceive
   @queue = :post_receive
 
   def self.perform(repo_path, oldrev, newrev, ref, identifier)
-    repo_path = repo_path.gsub(Gitlab.config.git_base_path, "")
-    repo_path = repo_path.gsub(/.git$/, "")
+    repo_path.gsub!(Gitlab.config.git_base_path.to_s, "")
+    repo_path.gsub!(/.git$/, "")
+    repo_path.gsub!(/^\//, "")
 
     project = Project.find_with_namespace(repo_path)
     return false if project.nil?
diff --git a/spec/workers/post_receive_spec.rb b/spec/workers/post_receive_spec.rb
index bbc91f4..443c8c1 100644
--- a/spec/workers/post_receive_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/workers/post_receive_spec.rb
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ describe PostReceive do
     let(:key_id) { key.identifier }
 
     it "fetches the correct project" do
-      Project.should_receive(:find_by_path).with(project.path).and_return(project)
-      PostReceive.perform(project.path, 'sha-old', 'sha-new', 'refs/heads/master', key_id)
+      Project.should_receive(:find_by_path).with(project.path_with_namespace).and_return(project)
+      PostReceive.perform(pwd(project), 'sha-old', 'sha-new', 'refs/heads/master', key_id)
     end
 
     it "does not run if the author is not in the project" do
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ describe PostReceive do
       project.should_not_receive(:observe_push)
       project.should_not_receive(:execute_hooks)
 
-      PostReceive.perform(project.path, 'sha-old', 'sha-new', 'refs/heads/master', key_id).should be_false
+      PostReceive.perform(pwd(project), 'sha-old', 'sha-new', 'refs/heads/master', key_id).should be_false
     end
 
     it "asks the project to trigger all hooks" do
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ describe PostReceive do
       project.should_receive(:update_merge_requests)
       project.should_receive(:observe_push)
 
-      PostReceive.perform(project.path, 'sha-old', 'sha-new', 'refs/heads/master', key_id)
+      PostReceive.perform(pwd(project), 'sha-old', 'sha-new', 'refs/heads/master', key_id)
     end
   end
+
+  def pwd(project)
+    File.join(Gitlab.config.git_base_path, project.path_with_namespace)
+  end
 end
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