diff --git a/request.cpp b/request.cpp
index 0566343..5ea0527 100644
--- a/request.cpp
+++ b/request.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ std::pair<std::string, std::string> Request::createPairFromVar(std::string var)
 	else
 	{
 		std::string key = var.substr(0, equal);
-		std::string val = utils::html_xss(var.substr(equal + 1));
+		std::string val = utils::html_xss(utils::urldecode(var.substr(equal + 1)));
 		return std::make_pair(std::move(key), std::move(val));
 	}
 }
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ void Request::initPostMap(const std::string &url)
 void Request::initCookies(const std::string &cookiestr)
 {
 	// TODO: find out what it really should be, ";" or "; "?
-	std::regex regex { ";+\\s?" };
+	std::regex regex{";+\\s?"};
 	auto cookiesplitted = utils::split(cookiestr, regex);
 	for(const std::string &part : cookiesplitted)
 	{