diff --git a/internal/nitro/mount_dir.go b/internal/nitro/mount_dir.go
index ba621ac5..531784e8 100644
--- a/internal/nitro/mount_dir.go
+++ b/internal/nitro/mount_dir.go
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ func MountDir(name, source, target string) (*Action, error) {
 		target = "/" + target
 	}
 
+	if strings.HasSuffix(source, "/") {
+		source = strings.TrimRight(source, "/")
+	}
+
 	return &Action{
 		Type:       "mount",
 		UseSyscall: false,
diff --git a/internal/nitro/mount_dir_test.go b/internal/nitro/mount_dir_test.go
index eb5eabf0..1493a2e1 100644
--- a/internal/nitro/mount_dir_test.go
+++ b/internal/nitro/mount_dir_test.go
@@ -31,6 +31,20 @@ func TestMountDir(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "mounts a directory and removes the trailing slash",
+			args: args{
+				name:   "somename",
+				source: "./testdata/source-folder/",
+				target: "/home/ubuntu/sites",
+			},
+			want: &Action{
+				Type:       "mount",
+				UseSyscall: false,
+				Args:       []string{"mount", "./testdata/source-folder", "somename:/home/ubuntu/sites"},
+			},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -40,8 +54,8 @@ func TestMountDir(t *testing.T) {
 				return
 			}
 			if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
-				t.Errorf("MountDir() got = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+				t.Errorf("MountDir() got = \n%v, \nwant \n%v", got, tt.want)
 			}
 		})
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}