Traverson issues navigating relative paths

Hi,

I'm trying to do a follow with Traveson for a json like this one:

{
	"_embedded": {
		"repositories": [{
			"cloneUrl": "ssh://git@github.com/org/repo.git",
			"_links": {
				"applications": {
					"href": "/api/applications/repository/1"
				}
			}
		}]
	},
	"page": {
		"size": 100,
		"totalElements": 1,
		"totalPages": 1,
		"number": 1
	}
}

The code looks like:

 val traverson = Traverson(URI(myUrl), MediaTypes.HAL_JSON)
        val tb = traverson.follow("$._embedded.repositories[0]._links.applications.href")
        val typeReferences = typeReference<Resources<MyClass>>()
        val resources = tb.toObject(typeReferences)
        val repos = resources.content

However, this results in java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: URI is not absolute.

Is there a way to get Traverson working with the original base URI? I can't find a method on the API to accomplish this