diff --git a/pkg/handler/error/error.go b/pkg/handler/error/error.go
index d258455..bf1f340 100644
--- a/pkg/handler/error/error.go
+++ b/pkg/handler/error/error.go
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func (h Handler) defaultErrorResponse(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, st
 }
 
 func (h Handler) customErrorRedirect(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, statusCode int) error {
-	override, err := url.Parse(h.GetErrorPath())
+	override, err := url.ParseRequestURI(h.GetErrorPath())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/handler/url/url.go b/pkg/handler/url/url.go
index f90d02b..6fb0fa2 100644
--- a/pkg/handler/url/url.go
+++ b/pkg/handler/url/url.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func CanonicalRedirect(r *http.Request) string {
 		return ingressPath
 	}
 
-	parsed, err := url.Parse(redirect)
+	parsed, err := url.ParseRequestURI(redirect)
 	if err != nil {
 		// Silently fall back to ingress path
 		return ingressPath
diff --git a/pkg/handler/url/url_test.go b/pkg/handler/url/url_test.go
index 426aa99..43118f1 100644
--- a/pkg/handler/url/url_test.go
+++ b/pkg/handler/url/url_test.go
@@ -102,6 +102,16 @@ func TestCanonicalRedirect(t *testing.T) {
 				value:    "/path?gnu=notunix",
 				expected: "/path?gnu=notunix",
 			},
+			{
+				name:     "relative path",
+				value:    "path",
+				expected: "/some-path", // should fall back to default path
+			},
+			{
+				name:     "relative path with query parameters",
+				value:    "path?gnu=notunix",
+				expected: "/some-path", // should fall back to default path
+			},
 			{
 				name:     "url encoded path",
 				value:    "%2Fpath",
diff --git a/pkg/ingress/ingress.go b/pkg/ingress/ingress.go
index 89d1397..9b5ef96 100644
--- a/pkg/ingress/ingress.go
+++ b/pkg/ingress/ingress.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func ParseIngress(ingress string) (*Ingress, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("ingress cannot be empty")
 	}
 
-	u, err := url.Parse(ingress)
+	u, err := url.ParseRequestURI(ingress)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}