diff --git a/src/middleware.ts b/src/middleware.ts
index a3ba008fa..55470c74f 100644
--- a/src/middleware.ts
+++ b/src/middleware.ts
@@ -570,19 +570,25 @@ async function lookupSpaceByAPI(
 
         if ('redirect' in data) {
             if (alternative.primary) {
-                // Append the path to the redirect URL if it's a VA redirect
+                // Append the path to the redirect URL
                 // because we might have matched a shorter path and the redirect is relative to it
                 if (alternative.extraPath) {
-                    const redirect = new URL(data.redirect);
-                    if (redirect.searchParams.has('location')) {
-                        redirect.searchParams.set(
-                            'location',
-                            joinPath(
-                                redirect.searchParams.get('location') ?? '',
-                                alternative.extraPath,
-                            ),
-                        );
+                    if (data.target === 'content') {
+                        const redirect = new URL(data.redirect);
+                        redirect.pathname = joinPath(redirect.pathname, alternative.extraPath);
                         data.redirect = redirect.toString();
+                    } else {
+                        const redirect = new URL(data.redirect);
+                        if (redirect.searchParams.has('location')) {
+                            redirect.searchParams.set(
+                                'location',
+                                joinPath(
+                                    redirect.searchParams.get('location') ?? '',
+                                    alternative.extraPath,
+                                ),
+                            );
+                            data.redirect = redirect.toString();
+                        }
                     }
                 }