diff --git a/wayback-cdx-server/src/main/java/org/archive/cdxserver/CDXServer.java b/wayback-cdx-server/src/main/java/org/archive/cdxserver/CDXServer.java
index 829f6d00d4..6b666e249f 100644
--- a/wayback-cdx-server/src/main/java/org/archive/cdxserver/CDXServer.java
+++ b/wayback-cdx-server/src/main/java/org/archive/cdxserver/CDXServer.java
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ protected CloseableIterator<String> createBoundedCdxIterator(
 		params.setReverse(query.isReverse());
 
 		if (!query.resumeKey.isEmpty()) {
-			searchKey = URLDecoder.decode(query.resumeKey, "UTF-8");
+			searchKey = query.resumeKey;
             startEndUrl[0] = searchKey;
 //            int lastSpace = startEndUrl[0].lastIndexOf(' ');
 //            if (lastSpace > 0) {