diff --git a/src/bin/dnd.c b/src/bin/dnd.c
index fb39410..01daa5c 100644
--- a/src/bin/dnd.c
+++ b/src/bin/dnd.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ _escape_parse(const char *str)
 
    for (d = dest, s = str; *s; d++)
      {
-        if (s[0] == '%')
+        if (s[0] == '%' && !isspace(s[1]))
           {
              if (s[1] && s[2])
                {