diff --git a/weed/server/filer_ui/filer.html b/weed/server/filer_ui/filer.html
index 149d57647..fa5cdd4e8 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_ui/filer.html
+++ b/weed/server/filer_ui/filer.html
@@ -116,14 +116,13 @@
             {{ else }}
             <table width="100%" class="table table-hover">
                 {{ $path := .Path }}
-                {{ $limit := .Limit }}
                 {{ $showDirDel := .ShowDirectoryDelete }}
                 {{ range $entry_index, $entry := .Entries }}
                 <tr>
                     <td>
                         {{ if $entry.IsDirectory }}
                         <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-folder-open" aria-hidden="true"></span>&nbsp;
-                        <a href="{{ printpath $path  "/" $entry.Name "/" "?" "limit" "=" }}{{ print $limit }}" >
+                        <a href="{{ printpath $path  "/" $entry.Name "/"}}" >
                         {{ $entry.Name }}
                         </a>
                         {{ else }}
diff --git a/weed/server/filer_ui/templates.go b/weed/server/filer_ui/templates.go
index 4a1822d7e..f9ef064bc 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_ui/templates.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_ui/templates.go
@@ -9,15 +9,9 @@ import (
 )
 
 func printpath(parts ...string) string {
-	var escapedParts []string
-	for _, p := range parts {
-		if len(p) == 1 {
-			escapedParts = append(escapedParts, p)
-		} else {
-			escapedParts = append(escapedParts, url.PathEscape(p))
-		}
-	}
-	return strings.Join(escapedParts, "")
+	concat := strings.Join(parts, "")
+	escaped := url.PathEscape(concat)
+	return strings.ReplaceAll(escaped, "%2F", "/")
 }
 
 var funcMap = template.FuncMap{