diff --git a/routes/articles.js b/routes/articles.js
index 5ffbe72..4cc734a 100644
--- a/routes/articles.js
+++ b/routes/articles.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ${contents}
 }
 
 function articles_item(request, response) {
-  var article = fs.readFileSync('./articles/' + decodeURIComponent(request.params.item));
+  var article = fs.readFileSync('./articles/' + request.params.item);
   response.send(`20 text/gemini\r\n
 ${article}
 
diff --git a/uplink-gemini/lib/request.js b/uplink-gemini/lib/request.js
index ac0a3c6..47fbc8c 100644
--- a/uplink-gemini/lib/request.js
+++ b/uplink-gemini/lib/request.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ module.exports = class Request {
       this.protocol = geminiUrl.protocol;
       this.hostname = geminiUrl.hostname;
       if (geminiUrl.port) this.port = geminiUrl.port;
-      this.path = geminiUrl.pathname;
+      this.path = decodeURIComponent(geminiUrl.pathname);
       this.search = geminiUrl.search.substring(1); //remove '?' from string
       if(this.protocol === 'titan:') {
         this.content = this.rawRequest.slice(this.rawRequest.indexOf('\r\n') + 3);