diff --git a/Packages/ohif-core/both/utils/absoluteUrl.js b/Packages/ohif-core/both/utils/absoluteUrl.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f695e2269
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Packages/ohif-core/both/utils/absoluteUrl.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { OHIF } from 'meteor/ohif:core';
+
+// Return an absolute URL with the given path by supporting the leading "/"
+OHIF.utils.absoluteUrl = function(path) {
+    if (path) {
+        // Remove the leading "/"
+        path = path.replace(/^\//, '');
+    }
+
+    return Meteor.absoluteUrl(path);
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Packages/ohif-core/both/utils/index.js b/Packages/ohif-core/both/utils/index.js
index c1ac814cf..444f24e49 100644
--- a/Packages/ohif-core/both/utils/index.js
+++ b/Packages/ohif-core/both/utils/index.js
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+import './absoluteUrl';
 import './objectPath';
diff --git a/Packages/ohif-core/client/lib/utils.js b/Packages/ohif-core/client/lib/utils.js
index 09ba5aca8..7bd90c660 100644
--- a/Packages/ohif-core/client/lib/utils.js
+++ b/Packages/ohif-core/client/lib/utils.js
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 import { OHIF } from 'meteor/ohif:core';
 
-// Return an absolute URL with the given path by supporting the leading "/"
-OHIF.utils.absoluteUrl = function(path) {
-    path = path.replace(/^\//, '');
-    return Meteor.absoluteUrl(path);
-};
-
 // Return the array sorting function for its object's properties
 OHIF.utils.sortBy = function() {
     var fields = [].slice.call(arguments),
diff --git a/StandaloneViewer/StandaloneViewer/client/config.js b/StandaloneViewer/StandaloneViewer/client/config.js
index ce8c5a6fd..dba72a935 100644
--- a/StandaloneViewer/StandaloneViewer/client/config.js
+++ b/StandaloneViewer/StandaloneViewer/client/config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Meteor } from 'meteor/meteor';
+import { OHIF } from 'meteor/ohif:core';
 import { cornerstoneWADOImageLoader } from 'meteor/ohif:cornerstone';
 
 Meteor.startup(function() {
@@ -6,12 +7,12 @@ Meteor.startup(function() {
     const config = {
 	    maxWebWorkers: maxWebWorkers,	
     	startWebWorkersOnDemand: true,
-        webWorkerPath : Meteor.absoluteUrl('packages/ohif_cornerstone/public/js/cornerstoneWADOImageLoaderWebWorker.es5.js'),
+        webWorkerPath : OHIF.utils.absoluteUrl('packages/ohif_cornerstone/public/js/cornerstoneWADOImageLoaderWebWorker.es5.js'),
         taskConfiguration: {
             'decodeTask' : {
 		        loadCodecsOnStartup : true,
 		        initializeCodecsOnStartup: false,
-                codecsPath: Meteor.absoluteUrl('packages/ohif_cornerstone/public/js/cornerstoneWADOImageLoaderCodecs.es5.js'),
+                codecsPath: OHIF.utils.absoluteUrl('packages/ohif_cornerstone/public/js/cornerstoneWADOImageLoaderCodecs.es5.js'),
                 usePDFJS: false
             }
         }