diff --git a/cask/src/cask/main/Main.scala b/cask/src/cask/main/Main.scala
index 31fd1522b2..7687eafe06 100644
--- a/cask/src/cask/main/Main.scala
+++ b/cask/src/cask/main/Main.scala
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ object Main{
         (r: Any) => Main.writeResponse(exchange, r.asInstanceOf[Response.Raw])
       )
 
-      dispatchTrie.lookup(Util.splitPath(exchange.getRequestPath).toList, Map()) match {
+      dispatchTrie.lookup(Util.splitPath(java.net.URLDecoder.decode(exchange.getRequestURI, "UTF-8")).toList, Map()) match {
         case None => Main.writeResponse(exchange, handleNotFound())
         case Some((methodMap, routeBindings, remaining)) =>
           methodMap.get(effectiveMethod) match {
diff --git a/example/queryParams/app/test/src/ExampleTests.scala b/example/queryParams/app/test/src/ExampleTests.scala
index c0f8466df1..bf814cdeb1 100644
--- a/example/queryParams/app/test/src/ExampleTests.scala
+++ b/example/queryParams/app/test/src/ExampleTests.scala
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ object ExampleTests extends TestSuite{
       val noIndexPage = requests.get(host, check = false)
       noIndexPage.statusCode ==> 404
 
-      assert(
-        requests.get(s"$host/article/123?param=xyz").text() ==
-          "Article 123 xyz"
-      )
+      requests.get(s"$host/article/123?param=xyz").text() ==> "Article 123 xyz"
+
+      requests.get(s"$host/article/123?param=1+%2B+1+%3D+2%25%3F%26").text() ==>
+        "Article 123 1 + 1 = 2%?&"
 
       requests.get(s"$host/article/123", check = false).text() ==>
         """Missing argument: (param: String)
diff --git a/example/variableRoutes/app/test/src/ExampleTests.scala b/example/variableRoutes/app/test/src/ExampleTests.scala
index 1d2d9378bf..78a9fb7b0a 100644
--- a/example/variableRoutes/app/test/src/ExampleTests.scala
+++ b/example/variableRoutes/app/test/src/ExampleTests.scala
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ object ExampleTests extends TestSuite{
       noIndexPage.statusCode ==> 404
 
       requests.get(s"$host/user/lihaoyi").text() ==> "User lihaoyi"
+      requests.get(s"$host/user/li+haoyi").text() ==> "User li haoyi"
+      requests.get(s"$host/user/1+%2B+1+%3D+2%25%3F%26").text() ==> "User 1 + 1 = 2%?&"
 
       requests.get(s"$host/user", check = false).statusCode ==> 404