diff --git a/encoder.go b/encoder.go
index 8258b3b..2be60b8 100644
--- a/encoder.go
+++ b/encoder.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"log"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ func (e *GenericTemplateBasedEncoder) templates() ([]string, error) {
 		if e.debug {
 			log.Printf("new template: %q", rel)
 		}
+
 		filenames = append(filenames, rel)
 		return nil
 	})
@@ -135,6 +137,14 @@ func (e *GenericTemplateBasedEncoder) genAst(templateFilename string) (*Ast, err
 		Enum:           e.enum,
 	}
 	buffer := new(bytes.Buffer)
+
+	unescaped, err := url.QueryUnescape(templateFilename)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("failed to unescape filepath %q: %v", templateFilename, err)
+	} else {
+		templateFilename = unescaped
+	}
+
 	tmpl, err := template.New("").Funcs(pgghelpers.ProtoHelpersFuncMap).Parse(templateFilename)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/examples/flow/templates/{{.File.Package}}/{{.File.Package}}_grpc_js.js.tmpl b/examples/flow/templates/%7B%7B.File.Package%7D%7D/%7B%7B.File.Package%7D%7D_grpc_js.js.tmpl
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/flow/templates/{{.File.Package}}/{{.File.Package}}_grpc_js.js.tmpl
rename to examples/flow/templates/%7B%7B.File.Package%7D%7D/%7B%7B.File.Package%7D%7D_grpc_js.js.tmpl
diff --git a/examples/single-package-mode/templates/{{.File.Name|dir}}/service.go.tmpl b/examples/single-package-mode/templates/%7B%7B.File.Name%7Cdir%7D%7D/service.go.tmpl
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/single-package-mode/templates/{{.File.Name|dir}}/service.go.tmpl
rename to examples/single-package-mode/templates/%7B%7B.File.Name%7Cdir%7D%7D/service.go.tmpl