diff --git a/rag/llm/rerank_model.py b/rag/llm/rerank_model.py
index ed569d6bdc..5f1ef3ef24 100644
--- a/rag/llm/rerank_model.py
+++ b/rag/llm/rerank_model.py
@@ -407,16 +407,21 @@ class HuggingfaceRerank(Base):
     _FACTORY_NAME = "HuggingFace"
 
     @staticmethod
-    def post(query: str, texts: list, url="127.0.0.1"):
+    def post(query: str, texts: list, url: str = "http://127.0.0.1"):
         exc = None
         scores = [0 for _ in range(len(texts))]
         batch_size = 8
         for i in range(0, len(texts), batch_size):
             try:
-                res = requests.post(
-                    f"http://{url}/rerank", headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"}, json={"query": query, "texts": texts[i : i + batch_size], "raw_scores": False, "truncate": True}
-                )
+                endpoint = (url or "").rstrip("/")
 
+                if not endpoint.endswith("/rerank"):
+                    endpoint = f"{endpoint}/rerank"
+                res = requests.post(
+                    endpoint,
+                    headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"},
+                    json = {"query": query, "texts": texts[i: i + batch_size], "raw_scores": False, "truncate": True},
+                )
                 for o in res.json():
                     scores[o["index"] + i] = o["score"]
             except Exception as e: