diff --git a/inc/common.php b/inc/common.php
index 5861e9b90f073aea1dcc8e7ad77bab67d9e1c855..5582838de252ebd904970507ccefc51e350da8e3 100644
--- a/inc/common.php
+++ b/inc/common.php
@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ function get_doku_pref($pref, $default) {
         $parts = explode('#', $_COOKIE['DOKU_PREFS']);
         $cnt   = count($parts);
         for($i = 0; $i < $cnt; $i += 2) {
-            if($parts[$i] == $pref) {
+            if(urldecode($parts[$i]) == $pref) {
                 return urldecode($parts[$i + 1]);
             }
         }