diff --git a/src/frontend/src/features/auth/api/fetchUser.ts b/src/frontend/src/features/auth/api/fetchUser.ts
index deed1760..103135a6 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/features/auth/api/fetchUser.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/features/auth/api/fetchUser.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const fetchUser = (
   }
 ): Promise<ApiUser | false> => {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    fetchApi<ApiUser>('/users/me')
+    fetchApi<ApiUser>('/users/me/')
       .then(resolve)
       .catch((error) => {
         // we assume that a 401 means the user is not logged in