diff --git a/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php b/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php
index 27c922233..ea304af83 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/ApplicationDeploymentJob.php
@@ -2705,7 +2705,7 @@ private function build_image()
                     ]
                 );
             }
-            $publishDir = ltrim($this->application->publish_directory, '/');
+            $publishDir = trim($this->application->publish_directory, '/');
             $publishDir = $publishDir ? "/{$publishDir}" : '';
             $dockerfile = base64_encode("FROM {$this->application->static_image}
 WORKDIR /usr/share/nginx/html/