diff --git a/src/ios/CDVFile.m b/src/ios/CDVFile.m
index 59e7d640..570bc457 100644
--- a/src/ios/CDVFile.m
+++ b/src/ios/CDVFile.m
@@ -586,8 +586,8 @@ - (void)resolveLocalFileSystemURI:(CDVInvokedUrlCommand*)command
 //encode path with percent escapes
 -(NSString *)encodePath:(NSString *)path
 {
-    NSString *decodedPath = [path stringByReplacingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]; //decode incase it's already encoded to avoid encoding twice
-    return [decodedPath stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+    NSString *decodedPath = [path stringByRemovingPercentEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]; //decode incase it's already encoded to avoid encoding twice
+    return [decodedPath stringByAddingPercentEncodingWithAllowedCharacters:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/ios/CDVLocalFilesystem.m b/src/ios/CDVLocalFilesystem.m
index c340ce0c..983325ee 100644
--- a/src/ios/CDVLocalFilesystem.m
+++ b/src/ios/CDVLocalFilesystem.m
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ - (NSString *)filesystemPathForURL:(CDVFilesystemURL *)url
 - (CDVFilesystemURL *)URLforFullPath:(NSString *)fullPath
 {
     if (fullPath) {
-        NSString* escapedPath = [fullPath stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+        NSString* escapedPath = [fullPath stringByAddingPercentEncodingWithAllowedCharacters:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
         if ([fullPath hasPrefix:@"/"]) {
             return [CDVFilesystemURL fileSystemURLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@://localhost/%@%@", kCDVFilesystemURLPrefix, self.name, escapedPath]];
         }