diff --git a/source/de/anomic/http/httpdFileHandler.java b/source/de/anomic/http/httpdFileHandler.java
index bc3414512..abdb4e1d1 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/http/httpdFileHandler.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/http/httpdFileHandler.java
@@ -84,9 +84,11 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.PushbackInputStream;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.lang.ref.SoftReference;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.net.URLDecoder;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
 import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
 import java.util.Date;
@@ -300,6 +302,14 @@ public final class httpdFileHandler extends httpdAbstractHandler implements http
             return;
         }
         
+        // url decoding of path
+        try {
+            path = URLDecoder.decode(path, "UTF-8");
+        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+            // This should never occur
+            assert(false) : "UnsupportedEncodingException: " + e.getMessage();
+        }
+        
         // check permission/granted access
         String authorization = (String) requestHeader.get(httpHeader.AUTHORIZATION);
         String adminAccountBase64MD5 = switchboard.getConfig("adminAccountBase64MD5", "");