diff --git a/libs/ai-endpoints/langchain_nvidia_ai_endpoints/_common.py b/libs/ai-endpoints/langchain_nvidia_ai_endpoints/_common.py
index 5393e160..2bde648a 100644
--- a/libs/ai-endpoints/langchain_nvidia_ai_endpoints/_common.py
+++ b/libs/ai-endpoints/langchain_nvidia_ai_endpoints/_common.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     Tuple,
     Union,
 )
-from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse
+from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import requests
 from langchain_core.pydantic_v1 import (
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def _preprocess_args(cls, values: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
 
         ## Making sure /v1 in added to the url, followed by infer_path
         if "base_url" in values:
-            base_url = values["base_url"]
+            base_url = values["base_url"].strip("/")
             parsed = urlparse(base_url)
             expected_format = "Expected format is: http://host:port"
 
@@ -133,24 +133,11 @@ def _preprocess_args(cls, values: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
                     f"Invalid base_url format. {expected_format} Got: {base_url}"
                 )
 
-            if parsed.path:
-                normalized_path = parsed.path.strip("/")
-                if normalized_path == "v1":
-                    pass
-                elif normalized_path in [
-                    "v1/embeddings",
-                    "v1/completions",
-                    "v1/rankings",
-                ]:
-                    warnings.warn(f"Using {base_url}, ignoring the rest")
-                else:
-                    raise ValueError(
-                        f"Base URL path is not recognized. {expected_format}"
-                    )
+            if base_url.endswith(
+                ("/embeddings", "/completions", "/rankings", "/reranking")
+            ):
+                warnings.warn(f"Using {base_url}, ignoring the rest")
 
-            base_url = urlunparse(
-                (parsed.scheme, parsed.netloc, "v1", None, None, None)
-            )
             values["base_url"] = base_url
             values["infer_path"] = values["infer_path"].format(base_url=base_url)
 
diff --git a/libs/ai-endpoints/tests/unit_tests/test_base_url.py b/libs/ai-endpoints/tests/unit_tests/test_base_url.py
index b5c3a8ef..0baaca6c 100644
--- a/libs/ai-endpoints/tests/unit_tests/test_base_url.py
+++ b/libs/ai-endpoints/tests/unit_tests/test_base_url.py
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ def test_param_base_url_hosted(public_class: type, base_url: str) -> None:
         "https://localhost",
         "http://localhost:8888",
         "http://0.0.0.0:8888/v1",
+        "http://0.0.0.0:8888/v1/",
+        "http://blah/some/other/path/v1",
     ],
 )
 def test_param_base_url_not_hosted(public_class: type, base_url: str) -> None:
@@ -107,18 +109,9 @@ def test_param_base_url_not_hosted(public_class: type, base_url: str) -> None:
     [
         "http://localhost:8888/embeddings",
         "http://0.0.0.0:8888/rankings",
+        "http://localhost:8888/embeddings/",
+        "http://0.0.0.0:8888/rankings/",
         "http://localhost:8888/chat/completions",
-    ],
-)
-def test_expect_error(public_class: type, base_url: str) -> None:
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError) as e:
-        public_class(model="model1", base_url=base_url)
-    assert "Expected format is" in str(e.value)
-
-
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "base_url",
-    [
         "http://localhost:8080/v1/embeddings",
         "http://0.0.0.0:8888/v1/rankings",
     ],