diff --git a/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/conda_utils.py b/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/conda_utils.py
index a2a88d868..9db4f5ee7 100644
--- a/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/conda_utils.py
+++ b/conda-store-server/conda_store_server/conda_utils.py
@@ -109,6 +109,27 @@ def conda_lock(specification: "CondaSpecification", conda_exe: str = "mamba"):
     return {"conda": conda_packages, "pip": pip_packages}
 
 
+def get_channel_url(channel: str) -> yarl.URL:
+    # the conda main channel does not have a channeldata.json within
+    # the https://conda.anaconda.org/<channel>/channeldata.json
+    # so we replace the given url with it's equivalent alias
+    channel_replacements = {
+        "https://conda.anaconda.org/main/": yarl.URL(
+            "https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main"
+        )
+    }
+
+    # Note: this doesn't use the / operator to append the trailing / character
+    # because it's ignored on Windows. Instead, string substitution is used if
+    # the / character is not present
+    if channel.endswith("/"):
+        normalized_channel_url = yarl.URL(channel)
+    else:
+        normalized_channel_url = yarl.URL(f"{channel}/")
+
+    return channel_replacements.get(str(normalized_channel_url), yarl.URL(channel))
+
+
 def download_repodata(
     channel: str,
     last_update: datetime.datetime = None,
@@ -124,18 +145,7 @@ def download_repodata(
     """
     subdirs = set(subdirs or [conda_platform(), "noarch"])
 
-    # the conda main channel does not have a channeldata.json within
-    # the https://conda.anaconda.org/<channel>/channeldata.json
-    # so we replace the given url with it's equivalent alias
-    channel_replacements = {
-        "https://conda.anaconda.org/main/": yarl.URL(
-            "https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main"
-        )
-    }
-    normalized_channel_url = yarl.URL(channel) / "./"
-    channel_url = channel_replacements.get(
-        str(normalized_channel_url), yarl.URL(channel)
-    )
+    channel_url = get_channel_url(channel)
 
     headers = {}
     if last_update:
diff --git a/conda-store-server/tests/test_actions.py b/conda-store-server/tests/test_actions.py
index feda88127..8d79e3ea4 100644
--- a/conda-store-server/tests/test_actions.py
+++ b/conda-store-server/tests/test_actions.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import sys
 
 import pytest
+import yarl
 from conda_store_server import (
     BuildKey,
     action,
@@ -369,3 +370,13 @@ def lockfile_url(build_key):
         assert lockfile_url(build_key) == build.conda_lock_key
         assert lockfile_url(build_key) == res.headers['location']
         assert res.status_code == 307
+
+
+def test_get_channel_url():
+    conda_main = "https://conda.anaconda.org/main"
+    repo_main = "https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main"
+    example = "https://example.com"
+
+    assert conda_utils.get_channel_url(conda_main) == yarl.URL(repo_main)
+    assert conda_utils.get_channel_url(f"{conda_main}/") == yarl.URL(repo_main)
+    assert conda_utils.get_channel_url(example) == yarl.URL(example)