diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index 66a5517b4..ac48983dc 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -1039,8 +1039,8 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                     if m.startswith('mention='):
                         replyToList.append(m.replace('mention=',''))
                 inReplyToUrl=mentionsList[0]
-                if inReplyToUrl.startswith('share:'):
-                    shareDescription=inReplyToUrl
+                if inReplyToUrl.startswith('sharedesc:'):
+                    shareDescription=inReplyToUrl.replace('sharedesc:','').replace('%20',' ').replace('%40','@').replace('%3A',':').replace('%23','#')
             self.path=self.path.split('?replydm=')[0]+'/newdm'
             if self.server.debug:
                 print('DEBUG: replydm path '+self.path)
diff --git a/webinterface.py b/webinterface.py
index 787c80a46..533509d37 100644
--- a/webinterface.py
+++ b/webinterface.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def htmlSearchSharedItems(baseDir: str,searchStr: str, \
                             sharedItemsForm+='<b>Category:</b> '+sharedItem['category']+' '
                             sharedItemsForm+='<b>Location:</b> '+sharedItem['location']+'</p>'
                             contactActor=httpPrefix+'://'+domainFull+'/users/'+contactNickname
-                            sharedItemsForm+='<p><a href="'+actor+'?replydm=share:'+sharedItem['displayName']+'?mention='+contactActor+'">Contact</a>'
+                            sharedItemsForm+='<p><a href="'+actor+'?replydm=sharedesc:'+sharedItem['displayName']+'?mention='+contactActor+'">Contact</a>'
                             sharedItemsForm+='</div>'
                             if not resultsExist and currPage>1:
                                 # previous page link, needs to be a POST