diff --git a/airtime_mvc/public/js/airtime/common/common.js b/airtime_mvc/public/js/airtime/common/common.js
index 3125d8d55..0d9883b66 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/public/js/airtime/common/common.js
+++ b/airtime_mvc/public/js/airtime/common/common.js
@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ function open_audio_preview(type, id, audioFileTitle, audioFileArtist) {
         audioFileTitle = audioFileTitle.substring(0,index);
     }
 
-    openPreviewWindow('audiopreview/audio-preview/audioFileID/'+id+'/audioFileArtist/'+encodeURIComponent(audioFileArtist)+'/audioFileTitle/'+encodeURIComponent(audioFileTitle)+'/type/'+type);
+    // The reason that we need to encode artist and title string is that
+    // sometime they contain '/' or '\' and apache reject %2f or %5f
+    // so the work around is to encode it twice.
+    openPreviewWindow('audiopreview/audio-preview/audioFileID/'+id+'/audioFileArtist/'+encodeURIComponent(encodeURIComponent(audioFileArtist))+'/audioFileTitle/'+encodeURIComponent(encodeURIComponent(audioFileTitle))+'/type/'+type);
 
     _preview_window.focus();
 }