diff --git a/django_vite/templatetags/django_vite.py b/django_vite/templatetags/django_vite.py
index 69999a8..c923b5b 100644
--- a/django_vite/templatetags/django_vite.py
+++ b/django_vite/templatetags/django_vite.py
@@ -456,14 +456,17 @@ def _generate_production_server_url(path: str) -> str:
             str -- Full URL to the asset.
         """
 
+        prefix = DJANGO_VITE_STATIC_URL_PREFIX
+        if not DJANGO_VITE_STATIC_URL_PREFIX.endswith("/"):
+            prefix += "/"
+        production_server_url = urljoin(prefix, path)
+
         if apps.is_installed("django.contrib.staticfiles"):
             from django.contrib.staticfiles.storage import staticfiles_storage
 
-            return staticfiles_storage.url(
-                urljoin(DJANGO_VITE_STATIC_URL_PREFIX, path)
-            )
-        else:
-            return urljoin(DJANGO_VITE_STATIC_URL_PREFIX, path)
+            return staticfiles_storage.url(production_server_url)
+
+        return production_server_url
 
 
 @register.simple_tag