diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/KeepAliveController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/KeepAliveController.cs
index 78b1289e38..b067a5b67e 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/KeepAliveController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/KeepAliveController.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ using Umbraco.Web.WebApi;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
 {
+    // fixme
+    // this is not authenticated, and therefore public, and therefore reveals we
+    // are running Umbraco - but, all requests should come from localhost really,
+    // so there should be a way to 404 when the request comes from the outside.
+
     public class KeepAliveController : UmbracoApiController
     {
         [HttpGet]
@@ -14,7 +19,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
                 Success = true,
                 Message = "I'm alive!"
             };
-        }   
+        }
     }
 
     public class KeepAlivePingResult
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Scheduling/KeepAlive.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Scheduling/KeepAlive.cs
index bf8610e005..8068e387f8 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Scheduling/KeepAlive.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Scheduling/KeepAlive.cs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Scheduling
                         return true; // repeat
                     }
 
-                    var url = umbracoAppUrl + "api/keepalive/ping";
+                    var url = umbracoAppUrl.TrimEnd('/') + "/api/keepalive/ping";
 
                     var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, url);
                     var result = await _httpClient.SendAsync(request, token);