diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index eb46e9e29..d34dfee56 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -10557,6 +10557,7 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                             inReplyToUrl.replace('sharedesc:', '')
                         shareDescription = \
                             urllib.parse.unquote_plus(shareDescription.strip())
+                        shareDescription = shareDescription.replace('_', ' ')
                 self.path = self.path.split('?replydm=')[0]+'/newdm'
                 if self.server.debug:
                     print('DEBUG: replydm path ' + self.path)
diff --git a/webapp_column_left.py b/webapp_column_left.py
index 54e7db72d..589333b6d 100644
--- a/webapp_column_left.py
+++ b/webapp_column_left.py
@@ -49,9 +49,12 @@ def getLeftColumnShares(baseDir: str,
     ctr = 0
     for published, item in sharesJson.items():
         sharedesc = item['displayName']
+        if '<' in sharedesc or '?' in sharedesc:
+            continue
         contactActor = item['actor']
         shareLink = actor + \
-            '?replydm=sharedesc:' + sharedesc + \
+            '?replydm=sharedesc:' + \
+            sharedesc.replace(' ', '_') + \
             '?mention=' + contactActor
         linksList.append(sharedesc + ' ' + shareLink)
         ctr += 1
diff --git a/webapp_timeline.py b/webapp_timeline.py
index ada794366..526f37fca 100644
--- a/webapp_timeline.py
+++ b/webapp_timeline.py
@@ -627,18 +627,20 @@ def htmlIndividualShare(actor: str, item: {}, translate: {},
         '<b>' + translate['Category'] + ':</b> ' + item['category'] + ' '
     profileStr += \
         '<b>' + translate['Location'] + ':</b> ' + item['location'] + '</p>\n'
-    if showContact:
-        contactActor = item['actor']
-        profileStr += \
-            '<p><a href="' + actor + \
-            '?replydm=sharedesc:' + item['displayName'] + \
-            '?mention=' + contactActor + '"><button class="button">' + \
-            translate['Contact'] + '</button></a>\n'
-    if removeButton:
-        profileStr += \
-            ' <a href="' + actor + '?rmshare=' + item['displayName'] + \
-            '"><button class="button">' + \
-            translate['Remove'] + '</button></a>\n'
+    sharedesc = item['displayName']
+    if '<' not in sharedesc and '?' not in sharedesc:
+        if showContact:
+            contactActor = item['actor']
+            profileStr += \
+                '<p><a href="' + actor + \
+                '?replydm=sharedesc:' + sharedesc + \
+                '?mention=' + contactActor + '"><button class="button">' + \
+                translate['Contact'] + '</button></a>\n'
+        if removeButton:
+            profileStr += \
+                ' <a href="' + actor + '?rmshare=' + sharedesc + \
+                '"><button class="button">' + \
+                translate['Remove'] + '</button></a>\n'
     profileStr += '</div>\n'
     return profileStr