diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/Clients/HttpWebClient.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/Clients/HttpWebClient.cs
index ca878a901..c2c77dff0 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/Clients/HttpWebClient.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/Clients/HttpWebClient.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using CloudFlareUtilities;
 using Jackett.Common.Models.Config;
 using Jackett.Common.Services.Interfaces;
 using NLog;
+using Jackett.Common.Helpers;
 
 namespace Jackett.Common.Utils.Clients
 {
@@ -257,7 +258,10 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Utils.Clients
                                 // See issue #1200
                                 if (result.RedirectingTo != null && result.RedirectingTo.StartsWith("file://"))
                                 {
-                                    var newRedirectingTo = result.RedirectingTo.Replace("file://", request.RequestUri.Scheme + "://" + request.RequestUri.Host);
+                                    // URL decoding apparently is needed to, without it e.g. Demonoid download is broken
+                                    // TODO: is it always needed (not just for relative redirects)?
+                                    var newRedirectingTo = WebUtilityHelpers.UrlDecode(result.RedirectingTo, webRequest.Encoding);
+                                    newRedirectingTo = newRedirectingTo.Replace("file://", request.RequestUri.Scheme + "://" + request.RequestUri.Host);
                                     logger.Debug("[MONO relative redirect bug] Rewriting relative redirect URL from " + result.RedirectingTo + " to " + newRedirectingTo);
                                     result.RedirectingTo = newRedirectingTo;
                                 }
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/Clients/HttpWebClient2.cs b/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/Clients/HttpWebClient2.cs
index b0217b179..d2dc42afd 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/Clients/HttpWebClient2.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Utils/Clients/HttpWebClient2.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using CloudFlareUtilities;
 using Jackett.Common.Models.Config;
 using Jackett.Common.Services.Interfaces;
 using NLog;
+using Jackett.Common.Helpers;
 
 namespace Jackett.Common.Utils.Clients
 {
@@ -277,7 +278,10 @@ namespace Jackett.Common.Utils.Clients
             // See issue #1200
             if (result.RedirectingTo != null && result.RedirectingTo.StartsWith("file://"))
             {
-                var newRedirectingTo = result.RedirectingTo.Replace("file://", request.RequestUri.Scheme + "://" + request.RequestUri.Host);
+                // URL decoding apparently is needed to, without it e.g. Demonoid download is broken
+                // TODO: is it always needed (not just for relative redirects)?
+                var newRedirectingTo = WebUtilityHelpers.UrlDecode(result.RedirectingTo, webRequest.Encoding);
+                newRedirectingTo = newRedirectingTo.Replace("file://", request.RequestUri.Scheme + "://" + request.RequestUri.Host);
                 logger.Debug("[MONO relative redirect bug] Rewriting relative redirect URL from " + result.RedirectingTo + " to " + newRedirectingTo);
                 result.RedirectingTo = newRedirectingTo;
             }