diff --git a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/archive/MetaArchive.kt b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/archive/MetaArchive.kt
index d65f68f0..ddb1e727 100644
--- a/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/archive/MetaArchive.kt
+++ b/modules/kobalt-plugin-api/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/archive/MetaArchive.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.compress.archivers.zip.ZipFile as ApacheZipFile
  */
 class MetaArchive(outputFile: File, val manifest: Manifest?) : Closeable {
     companion object {
-        val MANIFEST_MF = "/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF"
+        val MANIFEST_MF = "META-INF/MANIFEST.MF"
     }
 
     private val zos = ZipArchiveOutputStream(outputFile).apply {