diff --git a/build/gobind-pinecone/monolith.go b/build/gobind-pinecone/monolith.go
index 1c9c0ac4e..211b8d653 100644
--- a/build/gobind-pinecone/monolith.go
+++ b/build/gobind-pinecone/monolith.go
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func (m *DendriteMonolith) Start() {
 	cfg.Global.ServerName = gomatrixserverlib.ServerName(hex.EncodeToString(pk))
 	cfg.Global.PrivateKey = sk
 	cfg.Global.KeyID = gomatrixserverlib.KeyID(signing.KeyID)
-	cfg.Global.JetStream.StoragePath = config.Path(fmt.Sprintf("file:%s/%s", m.StorageDirectory, prefix))
+	cfg.Global.JetStream.StoragePath = config.Path(fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", m.StorageDirectory, prefix))
 	cfg.UserAPI.AccountDatabase.ConnectionString = config.DataSource(fmt.Sprintf("file:%s/%s-account.db", m.StorageDirectory, prefix))
 	cfg.UserAPI.DeviceDatabase.ConnectionString = config.DataSource(fmt.Sprintf("file:%s/%s-device.db", m.StorageDirectory, prefix))
 	cfg.MediaAPI.Database.ConnectionString = config.DataSource(fmt.Sprintf("file:%s/%s-mediaapi.db", m.CacheDirectory, prefix))
diff --git a/build/gobind-yggdrasil/monolith.go b/build/gobind-yggdrasil/monolith.go
index 1aae418d1..3d9ba8aa0 100644
--- a/build/gobind-yggdrasil/monolith.go
+++ b/build/gobind-yggdrasil/monolith.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (m *DendriteMonolith) Start() {
 	cfg.Global.ServerName = gomatrixserverlib.ServerName(ygg.DerivedServerName())
 	cfg.Global.PrivateKey = ygg.PrivateKey()
 	cfg.Global.KeyID = gomatrixserverlib.KeyID(signing.KeyID)
-	cfg.Global.JetStream.StoragePath = config.Path(fmt.Sprintf("file:%s/", m.StorageDirectory))
+	cfg.Global.JetStream.StoragePath = config.Path(fmt.Sprintf("%s/", m.StorageDirectory))
 	cfg.UserAPI.AccountDatabase.ConnectionString = config.DataSource(fmt.Sprintf("file:%s/dendrite-p2p-account.db", m.StorageDirectory))
 	cfg.UserAPI.DeviceDatabase.ConnectionString = config.DataSource(fmt.Sprintf("file:%s/dendrite-p2p-device.db", m.StorageDirectory))
 	cfg.MediaAPI.Database.ConnectionString = config.DataSource(fmt.Sprintf("file:%s/dendrite-p2p-mediaapi.db", m.StorageDirectory))