diff --git a/client/i18n/locales/english/translations.json b/client/i18n/locales/english/translations.json
index 1fd9a5a2a7e..092871ffd13 100644
--- a/client/i18n/locales/english/translations.json
+++ b/client/i18n/locales/english/translations.json
@@ -596,7 +596,8 @@
     "editor-url": "Remember to submit the Live App URL.",
     "http-url": "An unsecure (http) URL cannot be used.",
     "own-work-url": "Remember to submit your own work.",
-    "publicly-visible-url": "Remember to submit a publicly visible app URL."
+    "publicly-visible-url": "Remember to submit a publicly visible app URL.",
+    "path-url": "You probably want to submit the root path i.e. https://example.com, not https://example.com/path"
   },
   "certification": {
     "executive": "Executive Director, freeCodeCamp.org",
diff --git a/client/src/components/formHelpers/form-fields.tsx b/client/src/components/formHelpers/form-fields.tsx
index 2d737f5da6c..fdda540cca9 100644
--- a/client/src/components/formHelpers/form-fields.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/formHelpers/form-fields.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ import {
   localhostValidator,
   composeValidators,
   fCCValidator,
-  httpValidator
+  httpValidator,
+  pathValidator
 } from './form-validators';
 
 export type FormOptions = {
@@ -62,7 +63,8 @@ function FormFields(props: FormFieldsProps): JSX.Element {
       name === 'githubLink' || isEditorLinkAllowed ? null : editorValidator,
       fCCValidator,
       httpValidator,
-      isLocalLinkAllowed ? null : localhostValidator
+      isLocalLinkAllowed ? null : localhostValidator,
+      pathValidator
     )(value);
     const message: string = (error ||
       validationError ||
diff --git a/client/src/components/formHelpers/form-validators.tsx b/client/src/components/formHelpers/form-validators.tsx
index 99b6058c8fd..96ddef7e96c 100644
--- a/client/src/components/formHelpers/form-validators.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/formHelpers/form-validators.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ const fCCRegex =
 const localhostRegex = /localhost:/;
 const httpRegex = /http(?!s|([^s]+?localhost))/;
 
+function isPathRoot(urlString: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    return new URL(urlString).pathname !== '/';
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
 export const editorValidator = (value: string): React.ReactElement | null =>
   editorRegex.test(value) ? <Trans>validation.editor-url</Trans> : null;
 
@@ -23,6 +31,9 @@ export const localhostValidator = (value: string): React.ReactElement | null =>
 export const httpValidator = (value: string): React.ReactElement | null =>
   httpRegex.test(value) ? <Trans>validation.http-url</Trans> : null;
 
+export const pathValidator = (value: string): React.ReactElement | null =>
+  isPathRoot(value) ? <Trans>validation.path-url</Trans> : null;
+
 type Validator = (value: string) => React.ReactElement | null;
 export function composeValidators(...validators: (Validator | null)[]) {
   return (value: string): ReturnType<Validator> | null =>