dbname.patch

diff --git a/couchdbkit/client.py b/couchdbkit/client.py
index dbf9e10..3d1988e 100644
--- a/couchdbkit/client.py
+++ b/couchdbkit/client.py
@@ -223,10 +225,7 @@ class Database(object):
 
         uri_parsed = urlparse.urlparse(uri)
         server_uri = "%s://%s" % (uri_parsed.scheme, uri_parsed.netloc)
-        dbname = uri_parsed.path[1:]
-        if dbname.endswith("/"):
-            dbname = dbname[:-1]
-        self.dbname = dbname
+        self.dbname = uri_parsed.path.strip("/")
 
         if server is not None:
             if not hasattr(server, 'next_uuid'):
@@ -237,17 +236,17 @@ class Database(object):
             self.server = server = Server(server_uri)
 
         try:
-            server.res.head('/%s/' % url_quote(dbname, safe=":"))
+            server.res.head('/%s/' % url_quote(self.dbname, safe=":"))
         except resource.ResourceNotFound:
             if create:
-                server.res.put('/%s/' % url_quote(dbname, safe=":"))
+                server.res.put('/%s/' % url_quote(self.dbname, safe=":"))
             else:
                 raise
 
         self.res = server.res.clone()
-        if "/" in dbname:
+        if "/" in self.dbname:
             self.res.safe = ":/%"
-        self.res.update_uri('/%s' % url_quote(dbname, safe=":"))
+        self.res.update_uri('/%s' % url_quote(self.dbname, safe=":"))
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<%s %s>" % (self.__class__.__name__, self.dbname)