diff --git a/module/finc/src/finc/Controller/MyResearchController.php b/module/finc/src/finc/Controller/MyResearchController.php
index ff311d42b26feb415d8d54625b3d9da985717ae6..cb8dd23b4fceca9119f94d3a422e7b1ebd54690a 100644
--- a/module/finc/src/finc/Controller/MyResearchController.php
+++ b/module/finc/src/finc/Controller/MyResearchController.php
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class MyResearchController extends \VuFind\Controller\MyResearchController imple
     public function onDispatch(MvcEvent $e)
     {
         if ($redirect = $this->getRequest()->getQuery()->get('redirect')) {
+            $redirect = urldecode($redirect);
             //if we have a "redirect" param, the user should be lead to the given url,
             //at least as long as his login is successful
             //we achieve that by forcing the follow-up url to be the redirect