diff --git a/apps/files_pdfviewer/js/viewer.js b/apps/files_pdfviewer/js/viewer.js
index d98bedc5c09281138b91a6c6aa8c97a33ed26919..2c9cbb9b4311b282b62019545494c7acdf01a38e 100644
--- a/apps/files_pdfviewer/js/viewer.js
+++ b/apps/files_pdfviewer/js/viewer.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function hidePDFviewer() {
 function showPDFviewer(dir,filename){
 	if(!showPDFviewer.shown){
 		$("#editor").hide();
-		var url = OC.filePath('files','ajax','download.php')+'?files='+encodeURIComponent(filename)+"&dir="+encodeURIComponent(dir);
+		var url = OC.filePath('files','ajax','download.php')+encodeURIComponent('?files='+encodeURIComponent(filename)+"&dir="+encodeURIComponent(dir));
 		$('table').hide();
 		function im(path) { return OC.filePath('files_pdfviewer','js','pdfjs/web/images/'+path); }
 		showPDFviewer.oldcode = $("#controls").html();