diff --git a/xdoc/src/main/org/apache/maven/NavBean.java b/xdoc/src/main/org/apache/maven/NavBean.java
index 5fcf9b52..d7484a57 100644
--- a/xdoc/src/main/org/apache/maven/NavBean.java
+++ b/xdoc/src/main/org/apache/maven/NavBean.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ import org.dom4j.tree.DefaultElement;
 
 /**
  * @author <a href="bwalding@jakarta.org">Ben Walding</a>
- * @version $Id: NavBean.java,v 1.3 2003/02/18 14:21:35 bwalding Exp $
+ * @version $Id: NavBean.java,v 1.4 2003/03/10 14:18:41 bwalding Exp $
  */
 public class NavBean
 {
@@ -128,8 +128,17 @@ public class NavBean
             return false;
         }
 
-        String xpath = ".//item[@href='" + location + "']";
+        //System.out.println(elem.asXML());
+        String xpath;
+        if (location.startsWith("/")  || location.startsWith(".")) {
+            xpath =    ".//item[@href='" + location + "']";
 
+        } else {
+            xpath =   ".//item[@href='/" + location + "']";
+
+        }
+
+        
         List l = elem.selectNodes(xpath);
 
         if (l.size() != 0)
@@ -167,6 +176,9 @@ public class NavBean
      */
     public void setLocation(String location)
     {
+        if (!location.startsWith("/"))
+            location = "/" + location;
+            
         this.location = location;
     }