diff --git a/pages/app/presenters/refinery/pages/menu_presenter.rb b/pages/app/presenters/refinery/pages/menu_presenter.rb
index e39a6e6c85..95028c36db 100644
--- a/pages/app/presenters/refinery/pages/menu_presenter.rb
+++ b/pages/app/presenters/refinery/pages/menu_presenter.rb
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def selected_item?(item)
         url = find_url_for(item)
 
         # Now use all possible vectors to try to find a valid match
-        [path, URI.decode(path)].include?(url) || path == "/#{item.original_id}"
+        [path, CGI.unescape(path)].include?(url) || path == "/#{item.original_id}"
       end
 
       def menu_item_css(menu_item, index)
@@ -136,4 +136,4 @@ def find_url_for(item)
       end
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end