--- a/scripts/double6_ppt_cli/pm6_template/ooxml.py
+++ b/scripts/double6_ppt_cli/pm6_template/ooxml.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
         for rel in self.xml(name).findall(q("pr", "Relationship")):
             target = rel.get("Target") or ""
             mode = rel.get("TargetMode")
-            resolved = target if mode == "External" else posixpath.normpath(posixpath.join(posixpath.dirname(part), target))
+            resolved = target if mode == "External" else posixpath.normpath(posixpath.join(posixpath.dirname(part), target)).lstrip("/")
             out[rel.get("Id")] = (rel.get("Type") or "", resolved, mode)
         return out
 
--- a/scripts/double6_ppt_cli/template_workflow.py
+++ b/scripts/double6_ppt_cli/template_workflow.py
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
         target = rel.get("Target")
         if not target or rel.get("TargetMode") == "External":
             continue
-        result[str(rel.get("Id"))] = posixpath.normpath(posixpath.join(posixpath.dirname(slide_part), target))
+        result[str(rel.get("Id"))] = posixpath.normpath(posixpath.join(posixpath.dirname(slide_part), target)).lstrip("/")
     return result