diff --git a/templates/manifest-gitweb.tmpl b/templates/manifest-gitweb.tmpl
--- a/templates/manifest-gitweb.tmpl
+++ b/templates/manifest-gitweb.tmpl
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 <table cellspacing="0">
 <tr class="light">
 <td style="font-family:monospace">drwxr-xr-x</td>
-<td><a href="?cmd=manifest;manifest=#manifest#;path=#up#;style=gitweb">[up]</a></td>
+<td><a href="?cmd=manifest;manifest=#manifest#;path=#up|urlescape#;style=gitweb">[up]</a></td>
 <td class="link">&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 #dentries%manifestdirentry#