diff --git a/containers/build_deploy.sh b/containers/build_deploy.sh
index 16a619f..299a2b7 100755
--- a/containers/build_deploy.sh
+++ b/containers/build_deploy.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ ROOT_DIR="$(dirname ${DIR})"
 # get config options
 source "${ROOT_DIR}/k8s_config"
 
-IMAGE_NAME="$1"
+IMAGE_NAME="${1%/}"
 QUALIFIED_NAME="${GCR_HOSTNAME}/${GCP_PROJECT}/${IMAGE_NAME}"
 
 cd "${DIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}"
diff --git a/containers/build_run.sh b/containers/build_run.sh
index 335b1a3..a5f0a17 100755
--- a/containers/build_run.sh
+++ b/containers/build_run.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 set -eux
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 
-IMAGE_NAME="$1"
+IMAGE_NAME="${1%/}"
 
 cd "${DIR}/${IMAGE_NAME}"
 docker build -t ${IMAGE_NAME} .