diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_vfs.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_vfs.inc.php
index b0d02f9990..093c65559d 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_vfs.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_vfs.inc.php
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@ class egw_vfs extends vfs_stream_wrapper
 	 * @var array
 	 */
 	static public $encode = array(
-		'%' => '%25',
+		//'%' => '%25',	// % should be encoded, but easily leads to double encoding, therefore better NOT encodig it
 		'#' => '%23',
 		'?' => '%3F',
 		'/' => '',	// better remove it completly