diff --git a/flight/net/Request.php b/flight/net/Request.php
index 8f8ecf8..aceda0b 100644
--- a/flight/net/Request.php
+++ b/flight/net/Request.php
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ final class Request
         }
 
         // Get the requested URL without the base directory
+		// This rewrites the url in case the public url and base directories match 
+		// (such as installing on a subdirectory in a web server)
+		// @see testInitUrlSameAsBaseDirectory
         if ('/' !== $this->base && '' !== $this->base && 0 === strpos($this->url, $this->base)) {
             $this->url = substr($this->url, \strlen($this->base));
         }
diff --git a/tests/RequestTest.php b/tests/RequestTest.php
index dc7c5cf..a2e4eec 100644
--- a/tests/RequestTest.php
+++ b/tests/RequestTest.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  */
 
 use flight\net\Request;
+use flight\util\Collection;
 
 class RequestTest extends PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
 {
@@ -154,4 +155,14 @@ class RequestTest extends PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
         $request = new Request();
         self::assertEquals('http', $request->scheme);
     }
+
+	public function testInitUrlSameAsBaseDirectory() {
+		$request = new Request([
+			'url' => '/vagrant/public/flightphp',
+			'base' => '/vagrant/public',
+			'query' => new Collection(),
+			'type' => ''
+		]);
+		$this->assertEquals('/flightphp', $request->url);
+	}
 }