diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fdce720674..6157256b30 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.kohsuke</groupId>
   <artifactId>cortexapps-github-api</artifactId>
-  <version>1.320</version>
+  <version>1.321</version>
   <name>GitHub API for Java</name>
   <url>https://github-api.kohsuke.org/</url>
   <description>GitHub API for Java</description>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHPerson.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHPerson.java
index addcebfead..577b53fd4d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHPerson.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHPerson.java
@@ -55,10 +55,18 @@ protected synchronized void populate() throws IOException {
         if (isOffline()) {
             return; // cannot populate, will have to live with what we have
         }
-        URL url = getUrl();
+        String path = getUrlPath();
+        if (path != null) {
+            root().createRequest().withUrlPath(path).fetchInto(this);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private String getUrlPath() {
+        URL url = getUrl(); // Get the full URL
         if (url != null) {
-            root().createRequest().setRawUrlPath(url.toString()).fetchInto(this);
+            return url.getPath(); // Extract only the relative path
         }
+        return null;
     }
 
     /**