diff --git a/modules/users/pages.js b/modules/users/pages.js
index 2708fd8..4c6cf84 100644
--- a/modules/users/pages.js
+++ b/modules/users/pages.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var pages = function(dbot) {
 
         '/users/:connection/:channel': function(req, res) {
             var connection = req.params.connection;
-            var channel = '#' + req.params.channel;
+            var channel = _.unescape(req.params.channel);
             var connections = dbot.instance.connections;
 
             if(connections.hasOwnProperty(connection) && 
diff --git a/views/users/channels.jade b/views/users/channels.jade
index 6315ab6..bb3cac4 100644
--- a/views/users/channels.jade
+++ b/views/users/channels.jade
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ block content
         a(href='/connections') « Connection List
     ul#quotelist
       -each channel in channels
-        a(href='/users/'+connection+'/'+channel.substr(1,channel.length))
+        a(href='/users/'+connection+'/'+encodeURIComponent(channel))
           li.quotes #{channel}