diff --git a/lib/models/account-manager.js b/lib/models/account-manager.js
index ecf73718..8ff4ab13 100644
--- a/lib/models/account-manager.js
+++ b/lib/models/account-manager.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class AccountManager {
    *
    *   ```
    *   let options = { host, multiuser, store }
-   *   let accontManager = AccountManager.from(options)
+   *   let accountManager = AccountManager.from(options)
    *   ```
    *
    * @param [options={}] {Object} See the `constructor()` docstring.
diff --git a/lib/models/account-template.js b/lib/models/account-template.js
index f03b572e..ddb65c7f 100644
--- a/lib/models/account-template.js
+++ b/lib/models/account-template.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const recursiveRead = require('recursive-readdir')
 const fsUtils = require('../common/fs-utils')
 const templateUtils = require('../common/template-utils')
 const LDP = require('../ldp')
+const { URL } = require('url')
 
 const TEMPLATE_EXTENSIONS = ['.acl', '.meta', '.json', '.hbs', '.handlebars']
 const TEMPLATE_FILES = ['card']
@@ -72,9 +73,11 @@ class AccountTemplate {
    * @return {Object}
    */
   static templateSubstitutionsFor (userAccount) {
+    const webUri = new URL(userAccount.webId)
+    const podRelWebId = userAccount.webId.replace(webUri.origin, '')
     const substitutions = {
       name: userAccount.displayName,
-      webId: userAccount.webId,
+      webId: userAccount.externalWebId ? userAccount.webId : podRelWebId,
       email: userAccount.email,
       idp: userAccount.idp
     }
diff --git a/test/integration/account-manager-test.js b/test/integration/account-manager-test.js
index 6eaaa3b3..a939dfce 100644
--- a/test/integration/account-manager-test.js
+++ b/test/integration/account-manager-test.js
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ describe('AccountManager', () => {
 
           const rootAcl = fs.readFileSync(path.join(accountDir, '.acl'), 'utf8')
           expect(rootAcl).to.include('<mailto:alice@')
-          expect(rootAcl).to.include('<https://alice.example.com/profile/card#me>')
+          expect(rootAcl).to.include('</profile/card#me>')
         })
     })
   })
diff --git a/test/integration/account-template-test.js b/test/integration/account-template-test.js
index 6fa388eb..02d195a5 100644
--- a/test/integration/account-template-test.js
+++ b/test/integration/account-template-test.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ chai.use(sinonChai)
 chai.should()
 
 const AccountTemplate = require('../../lib/models/account-template')
-
+const UserAccount = require('../../lib/models/user-account')
 const templatePath = path.join(__dirname, '../../default-templates/new-account')
 const accountPath = path.join(__dirname, '../resources/new-account')
 
@@ -62,4 +62,71 @@ describe('AccountTemplate', () => {
         })
     })
   })
+
+  describe('templateSubtitutionsFor()', () => {
+    it('should not update the webid', () => {
+      const userAccount = new UserAccount({
+        webId: 'https://alice.example.com/#me',
+        email: 'alice@example.com',
+        name: 'Alice Q.'
+      })
+
+      const substitutions = AccountTemplate.templateSubstitutionsFor(userAccount)
+
+      expect(substitutions.webId).to.equal('/#me')
+    })
+
+    it('should not update the nested webid', () => {
+      const userAccount = new UserAccount({
+        webId: 'https://alice.example.com/alice/#me',
+        email: 'alice@example.com',
+        name: 'Alice Q.'
+      })
+
+      const substitutions = AccountTemplate.templateSubstitutionsFor(userAccount)
+
+      expect(substitutions.webId).to.equal('/alice/#me')
+    })
+
+    it('should update the webid', () => {
+      const userAccount = new UserAccount({
+        webId: 'http://localhost:8443/alice/#me',
+        email: 'alice@example.com',
+        name: 'Alice Q.'
+      })
+
+      const substitutions = AccountTemplate.templateSubstitutionsFor(userAccount)
+
+      expect(substitutions.webId).to.equal('/alice/#me')
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('creating account where webId does match server Uri?', () => {
+    it('should have a relative uri for the base path rather than a complete uri', () => {
+      const userAccount = new UserAccount({
+        webId: 'http://localhost:8443/alice/#me',
+        email: 'alice@example.com',
+        name: 'Alice Q.'
+      })
+
+      const substitutions = AccountTemplate.templateSubstitutionsFor(userAccount)
+      const template = new AccountTemplate({ substitutions })
+      return AccountTemplate.copyTemplateDir(templatePath, accountPath)
+        .then(() => {
+          return template.processAccount(accountPath)
+        }).then(() => {
+          const profile = fs.readFileSync(path.join(accountPath, '/profile/card$.ttl'), 'utf8')
+          expect(profile).to.include('"Alice Q."')
+          expect(profile).to.include('solid:oidcIssuer')
+          // why does this need to be included?
+          // with the current configuration, 'host' for
+          // ldp is not set, therefore solid:oidcIssuer is empty
+          // expect(profile).to.include('<https://example.com>')
+
+          const rootAcl = fs.readFileSync(path.join(accountPath, '.acl'), 'utf8')
+          expect(rootAcl).to.include('<mailto:alice@')
+          expect(rootAcl).to.include('</alice/#me>')
+        })
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/test/unit/account-template-test.js b/test/unit/account-template-test.js
index 67bdf18e..3a2bd43b 100644
--- a/test/unit/account-template-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/account-template-test.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ describe('AccountTemplate', () => {
       const substitutions = AccountTemplate.templateSubstitutionsFor(userAccount)
       expect(substitutions.name).to.equal('Alice Q.')
       expect(substitutions.email).to.equal('alice@example.com')
-      expect(substitutions.webId).to.equal('https://alice.example.com/profile/card#me')
+      expect(substitutions.webId).to.equal('/profile/card#me')
     })
   })
 })