diff --git a/app/services/reports/docx.rb b/app/services/reports/docx.rb
index fd9f0a573..ef668f4f5 100644
--- a/app/services/reports/docx.rb
+++ b/app/services/reports/docx.rb
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ class Reports::Docx
     end
     @docx
   end
+
+
+  def self.link_prepare(scinote_url, link)
+    link[0] == '/' ? scinote_url + link : link
+  end
 end
 
 # rubocop:enable  Style/ClassAndModuleChildren
diff --git a/app/services/reports/docx/private_methods.rb b/app/services/reports/docx/private_methods.rb
index 31231e74b..392ee1714 100644
--- a/app/services/reports/docx/private_methods.rb
+++ b/app/services/reports/docx/private_methods.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ module PrivateMethods
               br
             elsif text_el[:type] == 'a'
               if text_el[:link]
-                link text_el[:value], scinote_url + text_el[:link], link_style
+                link_url = Reports::Docx.link_prepare(scinote_url, text_el[:link])
+                link text_el[:value], link_url, link_style
               else
                 text text_el[:value], link_style
               end