diff --git a/hakyll.cabal b/hakyll.cabal
--- a/hakyll.cabal
+++ b/hakyll.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:               hakyll
-Version:            3.0.1.2
+Version:            3.0.1.3
 
 Synopsis:           A simple static site generator library.
 Description:        A simple static site generator library, mainly aimed at
diff --git a/src/Hakyll/Web/RelativizeUrls.hs b/src/Hakyll/Web/RelativizeUrls.hs
--- a/src/Hakyll/Web/RelativizeUrls.hs
+++ b/src/Hakyll/Web/RelativizeUrls.hs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 import Hakyll.Web.Page
 import Hakyll.Web.Util.Url
 
--- | Compiler form of 'compressCss' which automatically picks the right root
+-- | Compiler form of 'relativizeUrls' which automatically picks the right root
 -- path
 --
 relativizeUrlsCompiler :: Compiler (Page String) (Page String)
diff --git a/src/Hakyll/Web/Util/Url.hs b/src/Hakyll/Web/Util/Url.hs
--- a/src/Hakyll/Web/Util/Url.hs
+++ b/src/Hakyll/Web/Util/Url.hs
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@
 -- | Get the relative url to the site root, for a given (absolute) url
 --
 toSiteRoot :: String -> String
-toSiteRoot = emptyException . joinPath . map parent . splitPath . takeDirectory
+toSiteRoot = emptyException . joinPath . map parent
+           . splitPath . takeDirectory . dropLeadingSlash
   where
     parent = const ".."
     emptyException [] = "."
     emptyException x  = x
+    dropLeadingSlash = dropWhile (== '/')