diff --git a/src/NetscriptWorker.ts b/src/NetscriptWorker.ts
index cf9189db7..0b2e49ab8 100644
--- a/src/NetscriptWorker.ts
+++ b/src/NetscriptWorker.ts
@@ -421,9 +421,6 @@ export function runScriptFromScript(
     return 0;
   }
 
-  //prevent leading / from causing a bug
-  if (scriptname.startsWith("/")) scriptname = scriptname.slice(1);
-
   if (typeof scriptname !== "string" || !Array.isArray(args)) {
     workerScript.log(caller, () => `Invalid arguments: scriptname='${scriptname} args='${args}'`);
     console.error(`runScriptFromScript() failed due to invalid arguments`);
diff --git a/src/Server/BaseServer.ts b/src/Server/BaseServer.ts
index 7cdbc6250..0a4434f00 100644
--- a/src/Server/BaseServer.ts
+++ b/src/Server/BaseServer.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,12 @@ export abstract class BaseServer {
    */
   getRunningScript(scriptName: string, scriptArgs: ScriptArg[]): RunningScript | null {
     for (const rs of this.runningScripts) {
-      if (rs.filename === scriptName && compareArrays(rs.args, scriptArgs)) {
+      //compare file names without leading '/' to prevent running multiple script with the same name
+      if (
+        (rs.filename.charAt(0) == "/" ? rs.filename.slice(1) : rs.filename) ===
+          (scriptName.charAt(0) == "/" ? scriptName.slice(1) : scriptName) &&
+        compareArrays(rs.args, scriptArgs)
+      ) {
         return rs;
       }
     }