diff --git a/webapp/backend/apiserver/controllers/imageController.js b/webapp/backend/apiserver/controllers/imageController.js
index 3dbbd1551181e245ecc3efe717078f02a27a0c5a..ffd59cbca279f7d98880e46638182feba5dbdd2d 100644
--- a/webapp/backend/apiserver/controllers/imageController.js
+++ b/webapp/backend/apiserver/controllers/imageController.js
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ exports.buildFullImageUrl = (objectName) => {
     return `http://${MINIO.PUBLIC_ENDPOINT}:${MINIO.PORT}/${objectName}`;
 }
 
+exports.removeHostFromImageUrl = (imageUrl) => {
+    const url = new URL(imageUrl);
+    return url.pathname;
+}
+
 exports.uploadImage = async (req, res) => {
     upload.single('image')(req, res, async (err) => {
         if (err) {
diff --git a/webapp/backend/apiserver/controllers/userController.js b/webapp/backend/apiserver/controllers/userController.js
index 898238f3027a9ba67c1b29c4869e73a3e1ee7eea..b5f5f7f311a5c8d05827e95dfb352d80098347c4 100644
--- a/webapp/backend/apiserver/controllers/userController.js
+++ b/webapp/backend/apiserver/controllers/userController.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const Crew = require('../models/Crew');
 const Event = require('../models/Event');
 const UserCrew = require('../models/UserCrew');
 const EventParticipants = require('../models/EventParticipants');
-const {buildFullImageUrl} = require('./imageController');
+const {buildFullImageUrl, removeHostFromImageUrl} = require('./imageController');
 
 const authTokenExpiryTime = '1h';
 const listItemsPerPage = 10;
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ exports.updateUser = async (req, res) => {
             userProfile = await user.getProfile({transaction: tx});
             if (userProfile) {
                 // TODO: Save the image to storage and save the URL to the database
-                if (profile.profileImage) userProfile.profileImage = profile.profileImage;
+                if (profile.profileImage) userProfile.profileImage = removeHostFromImageUrl(profile.profileImage);
                 if (profile.regionID) userProfile.regionID = profile.regionID;
                 if (profile.job) userProfile.job = profile.job;
                 if (profile.birthDate) userProfile.birthDate = profile.birthDate;