diff --git a/app/webmention/send/discoverer.go b/app/webmention/send/discoverer.go
index 94d900f..06de32a 100644
--- a/app/webmention/send/discoverer.go
+++ b/app/webmention/send/discoverer.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package send
 
 import (
 	"brainbaking.com/go-jamming/rest"
-	"fmt"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"net/url"
 	"regexp"
@@ -28,11 +27,12 @@ func (sndr *Sender) discover(target string) (link string, mentionType string) {
 		return
 	}
 	link = header.Get(rest.RequestUrl) // default to a possible redirect of the target
+	baseUrl, _ := url.Parse(link)
 
 	// prefer links in the header over the html itself.
 	for _, possibleLink := range header.Values("link") {
 		if relWebmention.MatchString(possibleLink) {
-			return buildWebmentionHeaderLink(possibleLink, rest.BaseUrlOf(link)), typeWebmention
+			return buildWebmentionHeaderLink(possibleLink, baseUrl), typeWebmention
 		}
 	}
 	if header.Get("X-Pingback") != "" {
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ func (sndr *Sender) discover(target string) (link string, mentionType string) {
 	}
 
 	// this also complies with w3.org regulations: relative endpoint could be possible
-	baseUrl, _ := url.Parse(link)
 	format := microformats.Parse(strings.NewReader(body), baseUrl)
 	if len(format.Rels[typeWebmention]) > 0 {
 		mentionType = typeWebmention
@@ -71,8 +70,9 @@ func buildWebmentionHeaderLink(link string, baseUrl *url.URL) (wm string) {
 	}
 	raw := strings.Split(link, ";")[0][1:]
 	wm = raw[:len(raw)-1]
-	if strings.HasPrefix(wm, "/") {
-		wm = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", baseUrl, wm)
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(wm, "http") {
+		abs, _ := baseUrl.Parse(wm)
+		wm = abs.String()
 	}
 
 	return
diff --git a/app/webmention/send/discoverer_test.go b/app/webmention/send/discoverer_test.go
index baaaf75..9b9987f 100644
--- a/app/webmention/send/discoverer_test.go
+++ b/app/webmention/send/discoverer_test.go
@@ -2,10 +2,24 @@ package send
 
 import (
 	"brainbaking.com/go-jamming/mocks"
+	"brainbaking.com/go-jamming/rest"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
+func TestDiscoverE2EWithRedirect(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Skip("Skipping TestDiscoverE2EWithRedirect, webmention.rocks is slow.")
+	var sender = &Sender{
+		RestClient: &rest.HttpClient{},
+	}
+
+	link, wmType := sender.discover("https://webmention.rocks/test/23/page")
+	assert.Equal(t, typeWebmention, wmType)
+	expectedUrl := "https://webmention.rocks/test/23/page/webmention-endpoint/"
+	assert.Truef(t, strings.HasPrefix(link, expectedUrl), "should start with %s, but was %s", expectedUrl, link)
+}
+
 func TestDiscover(t *testing.T) {
 	var sender = &Sender{
 		RestClient: &mocks.RestClientMock{
diff --git a/rest/client_test.go b/rest/client_test.go
index 3f9576a..313b3ae 100644
--- a/rest/client_test.go
+++ b/rest/client_test.go
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ func TestGetBodyFollowsRedirect(t *testing.T) {
 		w.WriteHeader(302)
 	})
 	mux.HandleFunc("/2", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("link", `<webmention-endpoint/KyetGUioV2x1lJoiw96V>; rel=webmention`)
 		w.WriteHeader(200)
 		w.Write([]byte("nice!"))
 	})
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ func TestGetBodyFollowsRedirect(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, "http://localhost:6666/2", headers.Get(RequestUrl))
+	assert.Equal(t, `<webmention-endpoint/KyetGUioV2x1lJoiw96V>; rel=webmention`, headers.Get("link"))
 	assert.Equal(t, "nice!", body)
 }