diff --git a/src/ui/public/chrome/api/nav.js b/src/ui/public/chrome/api/nav.js
index ca72415dbca82..f66db80a634e5 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/chrome/api/nav.js
+++ b/src/ui/public/chrome/api/nav.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export default function (chrome, internals) {
     let isUrl = url && isString(url);
     if (!isUrl) return url;
 
-    let parsed = parse(url, true);
+    let parsed = parse(url, true, true);
     if (!parsed.host && parsed.pathname) {
       if (parsed.pathname[0] === '/') {
         parsed.pathname = chrome.getBasePath() + parsed.pathname;
diff --git a/src/ui/public/chrome/directives/global_nav/global_nav.html b/src/ui/public/chrome/directives/global_nav/global_nav.html
index d9751a211dcb8..3ed79b2ea9836 100644
--- a/src/ui/public/chrome/directives/global_nav/global_nav.html
+++ b/src/ui/public/chrome/directives/global_nav/global_nav.html
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
       class="{{ globalNavToggleButton.classes }}"
       tooltip-content="globalNavToggleButton.tooltipContent"
       on-click="toggleGlobalNav($event)"
-      icon="'/plugins/kibana/assets/play-circle.svg'"
+      icon="'plugins/kibana/assets/play-circle.svg'"
       title="globalNavToggleButton.title"
     ></global-nav-link>
   </div>