diff --git oak-run/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/run/CompactCommand.java oak-run/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/run/CompactCommand.java
index 0dcfeae036..5ba3a82f32 100644
--- oak-run/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/run/CompactCommand.java
+++ oak-run/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/run/CompactCommand.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class CompactCommand implements Command {
 
         if (path.startsWith("az:")) {
             code = AzureCompact.builder()
-                    .withPath(path.substring(3))
+                    .withPath(path)
                     .withForce(isTrue(forceArg.value(options)))
                     .withSegmentCacheSize(Integer.getInteger("cache", 256))
                     .withGCLogInterval(Long.getLong("compaction-progress-log", 150000))
diff --git oak-segment-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/azure/tool/ToolUtils.java oak-segment-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/azure/tool/ToolUtils.java
index 37d052dc9a..59ed12db71 100644
--- oak-segment-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/azure/tool/ToolUtils.java
+++ oak-segment-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/azure/tool/ToolUtils.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class ToolUtils {
 
         switch (storeType) {
         case AZURE:
-            CloudBlobDirectory cloudBlobDirectory = createCloudBlobDirectory(pathOrUri);
+            CloudBlobDirectory cloudBlobDirectory = createCloudBlobDirectory(pathOrUri.substring(3));
             persistence = new AzurePersistence(cloudBlobDirectory);
             break;
         default: