diff --git a/composer/loggers/mlflow_logger.py b/composer/loggers/mlflow_logger.py
index 03070c28f9..aed32eea39 100644
--- a/composer/loggers/mlflow_logger.py
+++ b/composer/loggers/mlflow_logger.py
@@ -150,7 +150,12 @@ def __init__(
                 )
             assert self.experiment_name is not None  # type hint
 
-            if os.getenv('DATABRICKS_TOKEN') is not None and not self.experiment_name.startswith('/Users/'):
+            if os.getenv(
+                'DATABRICKS_TOKEN',
+            ) is not None and not self.experiment_name.startswith((
+                '/Users/',
+                '/Shared/',
+            )):
                 try:
                     from databricks.sdk import WorkspaceClient
                 except ImportError as e:
@@ -160,7 +165,7 @@ def __init__(
                         conda_channel='conda-forge',
                     ) from e
                 databricks_username = WorkspaceClient().current_user.me().user_name or ''
-                self.experiment_name = '/' + os.path.join('Users', databricks_username, self.experiment_name)
+                self.experiment_name = os.path.join('/Users', databricks_username, self.experiment_name.strip('/'))
 
             self._mlflow_client = MlflowClient(self.tracking_uri)
             # Set experiment