diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 4cd4ac0dde1939d3eca58918b2c2d99aaed1ebb6..8e3af1c614f9fa097b9f3cdf875ec3faca5a0136 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -2642,9 +2642,7 @@ cache(function(data, match, sendBadge, request) {
   var asset_name = match[4].toLowerCase(); // eg. total, atom-amd64.deb, atom.x86_64.rpm
   var format = match[5];
 
-  if (tag && (tag.indexOf('/') !== -1)) {
-    tag = tag.split('/').join('');
-  }
+  if (tag) { tag = tag.slice(1); }
 
   var total = true;
   if (tag) {