diff --git a/ghost/admin/controllers/settings/navigation.js b/ghost/admin/controllers/settings/navigation.js
index ef798f83c5..9f450ed471 100644
--- a/ghost/admin/controllers/settings/navigation.js
+++ b/ghost/admin/controllers/settings/navigation.js
@@ -128,8 +128,9 @@ NavigationController = Ember.Controller.extend({
                     url = match[1];
 
                     // if the last char is not a slash, then add one,
+                    // as long as there is no # or . in the URL (anchor or file extension)
                     // this also handles the empty case for the homepage
-                    if (url[url.length - 1] !== '/') {
+                    if (url[url.length - 1] !== '/' && url.indexOf('#') === -1 && url.indexOf('.') === -1) {
                         url += '/';
                     }
                 } else if (!validator.isURL(url) && url !== '' && url[0] !== '/') {