diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/oauth/oauth_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/oauth/oauth_controller.ex
index 35c158fbb..d03c8b05a 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/oauth/oauth_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/oauth/oauth_controller.ex
@@ -143,8 +143,11 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.OAuth.OAuthController do
     end
   end
 
+  # XXX - for whatever reason our token arrives urlencoded, but Plug.Conn should be
+  # decoding it.  Investigate sometime.
   defp fix_padding(token) do
     token
+    |> URI.decode()
     |> Base.url_decode64!(padding: false)
     |> Base.url_encode64()
   end