diff --git a/src/core/client/embed/StreamEmbed.ts b/src/core/client/embed/StreamEmbed.ts
index 6f89de186..58aac27fa 100644
--- a/src/core/client/embed/StreamEmbed.ts
+++ b/src/core/client/embed/StreamEmbed.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { EventEmitter2 } from "eventemitter2";
 import qs from "query-string";
 
+import ensureNoEndSlash from "talk-common/utils/ensureNoEndSlash";
+import urls from "talk-framework/helpers/urls";
+
 import {
   Decorator,
   withAutoHeight,
@@ -15,13 +18,6 @@ import PymControl, {
   defaultPymControlFactory,
   PymControlFactory,
 } from "./PymControl";
-import { ensureNoEndSlash } from "./utils";
-
-// This is importing the url helper from the framework using a relative path
-// import because the ts paths are not configured to use the framework for this
-// target.
-// TODO: (wyattjoh) replace with import from framework when we include it in the config.
-import urls from "../framework/helpers/urls";
 
 export interface StreamEmbedConfig {
   storyID?: string;
diff --git a/src/core/client/embed/tsconfig.json b/src/core/client/embed/tsconfig.json
index ce6279923..3229d8a13 100644
--- a/src/core/client/embed/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/core/client/embed/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "lib": ["dom", "es5"],
     "types": ["jest", "node"],
-    "paths": {}
+    "baseUrl": "./",
+    "paths": {
+      "talk-common/*": ["../../common/*"],
+      "talk-framework/*": ["../framework/*"]
+    }
   },
   "include": [
     "./**/*",
diff --git a/src/core/client/embed/utils/index.ts b/src/core/client/embed/utils/index.ts
index 18b20360b..13c551665 100644
--- a/src/core/client/embed/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/core/client/embed/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 export { default as buildURL } from "./buildURL";
-export { default as ensureEndSlash } from "./ensureEndSlash";
-export { default as ensureNoEndSlash } from "./ensureNoEndSlash";
 export { default as startsWith } from "./startsWith";
 export { default as prefixStorage } from "./prefixStorage";
 export { default as parseHashQuery } from "./parseHashQuery";
diff --git a/src/core/client/embed/utils/ensureEndSlash.spec.ts b/src/core/common/utils/ensureEndSlash.spec.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/client/embed/utils/ensureEndSlash.spec.ts
rename to src/core/common/utils/ensureEndSlash.spec.ts
diff --git a/src/core/client/embed/utils/ensureEndSlash.ts b/src/core/common/utils/ensureEndSlash.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/client/embed/utils/ensureEndSlash.ts
rename to src/core/common/utils/ensureEndSlash.ts
diff --git a/src/core/client/embed/utils/ensureNoEndSlash.spec.ts b/src/core/common/utils/ensureNoEndSlash.spec.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/client/embed/utils/ensureNoEndSlash.spec.ts
rename to src/core/common/utils/ensureNoEndSlash.spec.ts
diff --git a/src/core/client/embed/utils/ensureNoEndSlash.ts b/src/core/common/utils/ensureNoEndSlash.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from src/core/client/embed/utils/ensureNoEndSlash.ts
rename to src/core/common/utils/ensureNoEndSlash.ts
diff --git a/src/core/common/utils/index.ts b/src/core/common/utils/index.ts
index 4d6df9fc5..dade47431 100644
--- a/src/core/common/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/core/common/utils/index.ts
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ export { default as animationFrame } from "./animationFrame";
 export { default as pascalCase } from "./pascalCase";
 export { default as oncePerFrame } from "./oncePerFrame";
 export { default as isBeforeDate } from "./isBeforeDate";
+export { default as ensureEndSlash } from "./ensureEndSlash";
+export { default as ensureNoEndSlash } from "./ensureNoEndSlash";
diff --git a/src/core/server/app/middleware/passport/strategies/oidc/discover.ts b/src/core/server/app/middleware/passport/strategies/oidc/discover.ts
index 3fe4679a6..844969bd3 100644
--- a/src/core/server/app/middleware/passport/strategies/oidc/discover.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/app/middleware/passport/strategies/oidc/discover.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import fetch from "node-fetch";
 import { URL } from "url";
 
+import { ensureNoEndSlash } from "talk-common/utils";
+
 /**
  * Configuration that Talk is expecting.
  */
@@ -35,8 +37,7 @@ export async function discover(
   // Any provider MUST provide a .well-known url that is JSON parsable based
   // on the issuer: https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-discovery-1_0.html#ProviderConfig
   const configurationURL =
-    issuer.origin +
-    issuer.pathname.replace(/\/$/, "") +
+    ensureNoEndSlash(issuer.origin + issuer.pathname) +
     "/.well-known/openid-configuration";
   const res = await fetch(configurationURL);