diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filestorage/FileServingHelper.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filestorage/FileServingHelper.java
index 19562e97d..2bb1b2838 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filestorage/FileServingHelper.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filestorage/FileServingHelper.java
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.filestorage;
 
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URLEncoder;
+
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
@@ -42,7 +45,8 @@ public class FileServingHelper {
 	/**
 	 * <p>
 	 * Combine the URI and the filename to produce a relative URL for the file
-	 * (relative to the context of the webapp).
+	 * (relative to the context of the webapp). The filename will be URLEncoded
+	 * as needed.
 	 * </p>
 	 * <p>
 	 * This should involve stripping the default namespace from the front of the
@@ -66,6 +70,13 @@ public class FileServingHelper {
 			return uri;
 		}
 		String remainder = uri.substring(DEFAULT_NAMESPACE.length());
+
+		try {
+			filename = URLEncoder.encode(filename, "UTF-8");
+		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+			log.error("No UTF-8 encoding?", e); // Can't happen.
+		}
+
 		String separator = remainder.endsWith("/") ? "" : "/";
 		return FILE_PATH + remainder + separator + filename;
 	}
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filestorage/serving/FileServingServlet.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filestorage/serving/FileServingServlet.java
index 1857eb15f..abe0d8217 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filestorage/serving/FileServingServlet.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filestorage/serving/FileServingServlet.java
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import static javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse.SC_OK;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URLDecoder;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.ServletOutputStream;
@@ -95,7 +97,8 @@ public class FileServingServlet extends VitroHttpServlet {
 			response.sendError(SC_NOT_FOUND, ("File not found: " + path));
 			return;
 		}
-		if (!actualFilename.equals(requestedFilename)) {
+		if (!actualFilename.equals(requestedFilename)
+				&& !actualFilename.equals(decode(requestedFilename))) {
 			log.warn("The requested filename does not match the "
 					+ "actual filename; request: '" + path + "', actual: '"
 					+ actualFilename + "'");
@@ -163,6 +166,18 @@ public class FileServingServlet extends VitroHttpServlet {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * The filename may have been encoded for URL transfer.
+	 */
+	private String decode(String filename) {
+		try {
+			return URLDecoder.decode(filename, "UTF-8");
+		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+			log.error("How did this happen?", e);
+			return filename;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * A POST request is treated the same as a GET request.
 	 */
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/entity/entityBasic.jsp b/webapp/web/templates/entity/entityBasic.jsp
index d02852b9e..709275417 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/entity/entityBasic.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/entity/entityBasic.jsp
@@ -223,8 +223,8 @@ if (VitroRequestPrep.isSelfEditing(request) || LoginFormBean.loggedIn(request, L
 	                    <div class="datatypeProperties">
 	                        <div class="datatypePropertyValue">
 	                            <div class="statementWrap thumbnail">
-	                                <a class="image" href="<c:url value='${entity.imageUrl}'/>">
-                                        <img src="<c:url value='${entity.thumbUrl}'/>" 
+	                                <a class="image" href="${pageContext.request.contextPath}${entity.imageUrl}">
+                                        <img src="${pageContext.request.contextPath}${entity.thumbUrl}" 
                                                 title="click to view larger image" 
                                                 alt="" width="115"/>
 	                                </a>
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/entity/entityListForGalleryTab.jsp b/webapp/web/templates/entity/entityListForGalleryTab.jsp
index 50a2af4d3..1bb45ffa8 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/entity/entityListForGalleryTab.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/entity/entityListForGalleryTab.jsp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 					<c:param name="uri" value="${ent.URI}"/>
 				</c:url>
 				<a class="image" href="<c:out value="${entityHref}"/>" >
-					<img width="${IMG_WIDTH}" src="<c:url value='${ent.thumbUrl}'/>" title="${ent.name}" alt="${ent.name}" />
+					<img width="${IMG_WIDTH}" src="${pageContext.request.contextPath}${ent.thumbUrl}" title="${ent.name}" alt="${ent.name}" />
 				</a>
 			</td>
 			</c:if>
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/entity/entityListForTabs.jsp b/webapp/web/templates/entity/entityListForTabs.jsp
index 9d6362905..2726b6930 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/entity/entityListForTabs.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/entity/entityListForTabs.jsp
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     						<c:param name="home" value="${sessionScope.currentPortalId}"/>
     						<c:param name="uri" value="${ent.URI}"/>
     					</c:url>
-                  <div class="tab-image"><a class="image" href="<c:out value="${imageHref}"/>"><img width="${IMG_WIDTH}" src="<c:url value='${ent.thumbUrl}'/>" title="${ent.name}" alt="" /></a></div>
+                  <div class="tab-image"><a class="image" href="<c:out value="${imageHref}"/>"><img width="${IMG_WIDTH}" src="${pageContext.request.contextPath}${ent.thumbUrl}" title="${ent.name}" alt="" /></a></div>
                   <c:if test="${not empty ent.blurb}"><div class='blurb'>${ent.blurb}</div></c:if>
             </c:when>
             <c:otherwise>
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/search/searchGroup.jsp b/webapp/web/templates/search/searchGroup.jsp
index 59e669848..1477b32a3 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/search/searchGroup.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/search/searchGroup.jsp
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
 				</c:forEach>
 				<c:if test="${!empty entity.thumbUrl}">
 				<div class="thumbnail">
-					<c:if test="${!empty entity.imageUrl}"><a target="_new" href="<c:url value='${entity.imageUrl}'/>"></c:if>
-					<img src="<c:url value='${entity.thumbUrl}'/>" title="click to view larger image in new window" width="150">
+					<c:if test="${!empty entity.imageUrl}"><a target="_new" href="${pageContext.request.contextPath}${entity.imageUrl}"></c:if>
+					<img src="${pageContext.request.contextPath}${entity.thumbUrl}" title="click to view larger image in new window" width="150">
 					<c:if test="${!empty entity.imageUrl}"></a></c:if>
 				</div>
 				</c:if>
diff --git a/webapp/web/themes/default/jsp/dashboard.jsp b/webapp/web/themes/default/jsp/dashboard.jsp
index 06bc3663b..67b66c124 100644
--- a/webapp/web/themes/default/jsp/dashboard.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/themes/default/jsp/dashboard.jsp
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 <div id="dashboard"<c:if test="${showCuratorEdits}"> class="loggedIn"</c:if>>
     <c:if test="${!empty entity.thumbUrl}">
         <c:if test="${!empty entity.imageUrl}">
-            <a class="image" href="<c:url value='${entity.imageUrl}'/>">
+            <a class="image" href="${pageContext.request.contextPath}${entity.imageUrl}">
         </c:if>
-        <img class="headshot" src="<c:url value='${entity.thumbUrl}'/>" title="click to view larger image in new window" alt="" width="150"/>
+        <img class="headshot" src="${pageContext.request.contextPath}${entity.thumbUrl}" title="click to view larger image in new window" alt="" width="150"/>
         <c:if test="${!empty entity.imageUrl}"></a></c:if>        
     </c:if>
        
diff --git a/webapp/web/themes/enhanced/jsp/dashboard.jsp b/webapp/web/themes/enhanced/jsp/dashboard.jsp
index 06bc3663b..67b66c124 100644
--- a/webapp/web/themes/enhanced/jsp/dashboard.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/themes/enhanced/jsp/dashboard.jsp
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@
 <div id="dashboard"<c:if test="${showCuratorEdits}"> class="loggedIn"</c:if>>
     <c:if test="${!empty entity.thumbUrl}">
         <c:if test="${!empty entity.imageUrl}">
-            <a class="image" href="<c:url value='${entity.imageUrl}'/>">
+            <a class="image" href="${pageContext.request.contextPath}${entity.imageUrl}">
         </c:if>
-        <img class="headshot" src="<c:url value='${entity.thumbUrl}'/>" title="click to view larger image in new window" alt="" width="150"/>
+        <img class="headshot" src="${pageContext.request.contextPath}${entity.thumbUrl}" title="click to view larger image in new window" alt="" width="150"/>
         <c:if test="${!empty entity.imageUrl}"></a></c:if>        
     </c:if>