diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index 8ac916900..26b98a863 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@
     email: function(post) {
       var mail;
       if (mail = $('.useremail', post.el)) {
-        return mail.href.slice(7);
+        return decodeURIComponent(mail.href.slice(7));
       }
       return false;
     },
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 808b48a7d..9091549f9 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -544,7 +544,8 @@ Filter =
   email: (post) ->
     if mail = $ '.useremail', post.el
       # remove 'mailto:'
-      return mail.href[7..]
+      # decode %20 into space for example
+      return decodeURIComponent mail.href[7..]
     false
   subject: (post) ->
     $('.postInfo .subject', post.el).textContent or false