diff --git a/docling-serve/docling-serve-client/src/main/java/ai/docling/serve/client/DoclingServeClient.java b/docling-serve/docling-serve-client/src/main/java/ai/docling/serve/client/DoclingServeClient.java
index 4654f89..eed1866 100644
--- a/docling-serve/docling-serve-client/src/main/java/ai/docling/serve/client/DoclingServeClient.java
+++ b/docling-serve/docling-serve-client/src/main/java/ai/docling/serve/client/DoclingServeClient.java
@@ -89,15 +89,19 @@ public abstract class DoclingServeClient extends HttpOperations implements Docli
   private final TaskOperations taskOps;
 
   protected DoclingServeClient(DoclingServeClientBuilder builder) {
-    this.baseUrl = ensureNotNull(builder.baseUrl, "baseUrl");
+    var base = ensureNotNull(builder.baseUrl, "baseUrl");
 
-    if (Objects.equals(this.baseUrl.getScheme(), "http")) {
+    if (Objects.equals(base.getScheme(), "http")) {
       // Docling Serve uses Python FastAPI which causes errors when called from JDK HttpClient.
       // The HttpClient uses HTTP 2 by default and then falls back to HTTP 1.1 if not supported.
       // However, the way FastAPI works results in the fallback not happening, making the call fail.
       builder.httpClientBuilder.version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_1_1);
     }
 
+    this.baseUrl = !base.getPath().endsWith("/") ?
+        URI.create(base + "/") :
+        base;
+
     this.httpClient = ensureNotNull(builder.httpClientBuilder, "httpClientBuilder").build();
     this.logRequests = builder.logRequests;
     this.logResponses = builder.logResponses;
@@ -229,7 +233,7 @@ protected <I, O> O executeGet(RequestContext<I, O> requestContext) {
 
   protected <I, O> HttpRequest.Builder createRequestBuilder(RequestContext<I, O> requestContext) {
     var requestBuilder = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
-        .uri(this.baseUrl.resolve(requestContext.getUri()))
+        .uri(this.baseUrl.resolve(resolvePath(requestContext.getUri())))
         .header("Accept", "application/json");
 
       if (Utils.isNotNullOrBlank(this.apiKey)) {
@@ -239,6 +243,13 @@ protected <I, O> HttpRequest.Builder createRequestBuilder(RequestContext<I, O> r
     return requestBuilder;
   }
 
+  private String resolvePath(String path) {
+    return Optional.ofNullable(path)
+        .filter(p -> p.startsWith("/") && (p.length() > 1))
+        .map(p -> p.substring(1))
+        .orElse(path);
+  }
+
   protected <T> T getResponse(HttpRequest request, HttpResponse<String> response, Class<T> expectedReturnType) {
     var body = response.body();
 
diff --git a/docling-serve/docling-serve-client/src/test/java/ai/docling/serve/client/AbstractDoclingServeClientTests.java b/docling-serve/docling-serve-client/src/test/java/ai/docling/serve/client/AbstractDoclingServeClientTests.java
index 51b49c4..d6acde3 100644
--- a/docling-serve/docling-serve-client/src/test/java/ai/docling/serve/client/AbstractDoclingServeClientTests.java
+++ b/docling-serve/docling-serve-client/src/test/java/ai/docling/serve/client/AbstractDoclingServeClientTests.java
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@
 
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.equalTo;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.equalToJson;
+import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.get;
+import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.getRequestedFor;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.matchingJsonPath;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.okJson;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.post;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.postRequestedFor;
 import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.urlPathEqualTo;
+import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.client.WireMock.verify;
+import static com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.core.WireMockConfiguration.wireMockConfig;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.WireMockServer;
+import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.junit5.WireMockExtension;
 
 import ai.docling.core.DoclingDocument;
 import ai.docling.core.DoclingDocument.DocItemLabel;
@@ -107,13 +112,13 @@ public void testFailed(ExtensionContext context, @Nullable Throwable cause) {
     }
   };
 
-//  @RegisterExtension
-//  static WireMockExtension wireMockExtension = WireMockExtension.newInstance()
-//      .options(wireMockConfig().dynamicPort())
-//      .configureStaticDsl(true)
-//      .failOnUnmatchedRequests(true)
-//      .resetOnEachTest(true)
-//      .build();
+  @RegisterExtension
+  static WireMockExtension wireMockExtension = WireMockExtension.newInstance()
+      .options(wireMockConfig().dynamicPort())
+      .configureStaticDsl(true)
+      .failOnUnmatchedRequests(true)
+      .resetOnEachTest(true)
+      .build();
 
   static {
     doclingContainer.start();
@@ -155,6 +160,37 @@ void builderWorks() {
         .isInstanceOf(DoclingServeClient.class);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void pathPartFromBaseUrl() {
+    // From https://github.com/docling-project/docling-java/issues/294
+    var wiremockRuntimeInfo = wireMockExtension.getRuntimeInfo();
+    wireMockExtension.stubFor(
+        get(urlPathEqualTo("/path/health"))
+            .withHeader("Accept", equalTo("application/json"))
+            .willReturn(okJson("{\"status\": \"ok\"}"))
+    );
+
+    var baseUrl = "http://localhost:%d/path".formatted(wiremockRuntimeInfo.getHttpPort());
+
+    var client = DoclingServeApi.builder()
+        .logRequests()
+        .logResponses()
+        .prettyPrint()
+        .baseUrl(baseUrl)
+        .build();
+
+    assertThat(client.health())
+        .isNotNull()
+        .extracting(HealthCheckResponse::getStatus)
+        .isEqualTo("ok");
+
+    verify(
+        1,
+        getRequestedFor(urlPathEqualTo("/path/health"))
+            .withHeader("Accept", equalTo("application/json"))
+    );
+  }
+
   @Nested
   class ClearTests {
     @Test