diff --git a/gradle/changelog/branch_overview.yaml b/gradle/changelog/branch_overview.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1efe5a1355
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/changelog/branch_overview.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- type: fixed
+  description: Branch decoding in overview ([#1963](https://github.com/scm-manager/scm-manager/pull/1963))
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/BranchDetailsResource.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/BranchDetailsResource.java
index 8b873adcd3..f9539c17e8 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/BranchDetailsResource.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/BranchDetailsResource.java
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ public class BranchDetailsResource {
     @QueryParam("branches") List<@Length(min = 1, max = 100) @Pattern(regexp = VALID_BRANCH_NAMES) String> branches
   ) {
     try (RepositoryService service = serviceFactory.create(new NamespaceAndName(namespace, name))) {
-      List<BranchDetailsDto> dtos = getBranchDetailsDtos(service, decodeBranchNames(branches));
+      List<BranchDetailsDto> dtos = getBranchDetailsDtos(service, branches);
       Links links = Links.linkingTo().self(resourceLinks.branchDetailsCollection().self(namespace, name)).build();
       Embedded embedded = Embedded.embeddedBuilder().with("branchDetails", dtos).build();
 
@@ -194,8 +194,4 @@ public class BranchDetailsResource {
     }
     return dtos;
   }
-
-  private Collection<String> decodeBranchNames(Collection<String> branches) {
-    return branches.stream().map(HttpUtil::decode).collect(Collectors.toList());
-  }
 }