--- globalredirect.module	(revision 31893)
+++ globalredirect.module	(revision 36157)
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 
     // Trim any trailing slash off the end (eg, 'node/1/' to 'node/1')
     $redirect_slash = variable_get('globalredirect_deslash', GLOBALREDIRECT_DESLASH_ENABLED) == GLOBALREDIRECT_DESLASH_ENABLED;
-    $request = $redirect_slash ? trim($_GET['q'], '/') : $_GET['q'];
+    $request = $redirect_slash ? trim(str_replace('http://', '', $_GET['q']), '/') : str_replace('http://', '', $_GET['q']);
 
     // Optional stripping of "/0". Defaultly disabled
     switch (variable_get('globalredirect_trailingzero', GLOBALREDIRECT_FEATURE_DISABLED)) {

