diff --git a/.changes/fix-get-asset-no-leading-slash.md b/.changes/fix-get-asset-no-leading-slash.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90257c524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fix-get-asset-no-leading-slash.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'tauri': 'patch:bug'
+---
+
+Fix `tauri::AssetResolver::get` and `tauri::AssetResolver::get_for_scheme`
+skipping the first character of the `path` even if it's not a slash (/).
diff --git a/crates/tauri/src/manager/mod.rs b/crates/tauri/src/manager/mod.rs
index 882b141ca..98f549527 100644
--- a/crates/tauri/src/manager/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri/src/manager/mod.rs
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ impl<R: Runtime> AppManager<R> {
       // if the url is `tauri://localhost`, we should load `index.html`
       "index.html".to_string()
     } else {
-      // skip leading `/`
-      path.chars().skip(1).collect::<String>()
+      // skip the leading `/`, if it starts with one.
+      path.strip_prefix('/').unwrap_or(path.as_str()).to_string()
     };
 
     let mut asset_path = AssetKey::from(path.as_str());