diff --git a/src/app/mainview/components/ChatViewFooter.qml b/src/app/mainview/components/ChatViewFooter.qml
index 2dca139e06de8753c2d3172d5916009e2e55fa04..f49edcb9f9dabab0c6aff6bfbca77d455d08f8c2 100644
--- a/src/app/mainview/components/ChatViewFooter.qml
+++ b/src/app/mainview/components/ChatViewFooter.qml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Rectangle {
 
     function setFilePathsToSend(filePaths) {
         for (var index = 0; index < filePaths.length; ++index) {
-            var path = UtilsAdapter.getAbsPath(filePaths[index])
+            var path = UtilsAdapter.getAbsPath(decodeURIComponent(filePaths[index]))
             dataTransferSendContainer.filesToSendListModel.addToPending(path)
         }
     }