diff --git a/application.coffee b/application.coffee
index 215c470..e4f436d 100644
--- a/application.coffee
+++ b/application.coffee
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ $ ->
   $('#triggerCreate').bind 'click', generateQRCode
   $(window).bind 'hashchange', ->
     text = window.location.hash.substring 1
-    $('textarea').val text
+    $('textarea').val decodeURIComponent(text)
     generateQRCode()
   $('a', '#download').bind 'click', ->
     window.location.href = $('canvas', '#qrarea')[0].toDataURL('image/png').replace('image/png', 'image/octet-stream')
diff --git a/application.js b/application.js
index c40779e..d629826 100644
--- a/application.js
+++ b/application.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.6.3
 (function() {
   var generateQRCode;
 
@@ -7,13 +8,15 @@
     $(window).bind('hashchange', function() {
       var text;
       text = window.location.hash.substring(1);
-      $('textarea').val(text);
+      $('textarea').val(decodeURIComponent(text));
       return generateQRCode();
     });
     $('a', '#download').bind('click', function() {
       return window.location.href = $('canvas', '#qrarea')[0].toDataURL('image/png').replace('image/png', 'image/octet-stream');
     });
-    if (window.location.hash) $(window).trigger('hashchange');
+    if (window.location.hash) {
+      $(window).trigger('hashchange');
+    }
     return generateQRCode();
   });