diff --git a/IPython/html/widgets/widget.py b/IPython/html/widgets/widget.py
index cb6f68a..33ad1ee 100644
--- a/IPython/html/widgets/widget.py
+++ b/IPython/html/widgets/widget.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def init_widget_js():
         name = filename.rsplit('.', 1)[0]
         if not (name == 'widget' or name == '__init__') and name.startswith('widget_'):
             # Remove 'widget_' from the start of the name before compiling the path.
-            js_path = 'static/notebook/js/widgets/%s.js' % name[7:]
+            js_path = '/static/notebook/js/widgets/%s.js' % name[7:]
             display(Javascript(data='$.getScript("%s");' % js_path))