diff --git a/pkg/controller/jenkins/client/jenkins.go b/pkg/controller/jenkins/client/jenkins.go
index 63fd89f2..e757073b 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/jenkins/client/jenkins.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/jenkins/client/jenkins.go
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ func BuildJenkinsAPIUrl(namespace, serviceName string, portNumber int32, local,
 		// First is for http, the second one is for Jenkins slaves communication
 		// see pkg/controller/jenkins/configuration/base/resources/service.go
 		url := lines[0]
+		if strings.HasPrefix(url, "* ") {
+			return url[2:], nil
+		}
+
 		return url, nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/jenkins/configuration/base/reconcile.go b/pkg/controller/jenkins/configuration/base/reconcile.go
index 7bf7e210..41c0c1ed 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/jenkins/configuration/base/reconcile.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/jenkins/configuration/base/reconcile.go
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ func (r *ReconcileJenkinsBaseConfiguration) ensureJenkinsClient(meta metav1.Obje
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	r.logger.V(log.VDebug).Info(fmt.Sprintf("Jenkins API URL %s", jenkinsURL))
+	r.logger.V(log.VDebug).Info(fmt.Sprintf("Jenkins API URL '%s'", jenkinsURL))
 
 	credentialsSecret := &corev1.Secret{}
 	err = r.k8sClient.Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{Name: resources.GetOperatorCredentialsSecretName(r.jenkins), Namespace: r.jenkins.ObjectMeta.Namespace}, credentialsSecret)