diff --git a/html/js/acc_ledger.js b/html/js/acc_ledger.js
index 656c4b555..5c62bddea 100644
--- a/html/js/acc_ledger.js
+++ b/html/js/acc_ledger.js
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ function filter_card(obj, queryString)
     {
         queryString = queryString + '&j=' + jrn;
     }
-    return encodeURI(queryString);
+    return queryString;
 }
 /**
  *@brief to display the lettering for the operation, call