diff --git a/src/js/util.js b/src/js/util.js
index e890117..760c9cd 100644
--- a/src/js/util.js
+++ b/src/js/util.js
@@ -298,14 +298,18 @@ const normalizedHostname = (hn) => {
  * @param {string} str
  */
 const decode = (str) => {
-  try {
-    if (decodeURI(str) !== decodeURIComponent(str)) {
-      return decode(decodeURIComponent(str));
+  let last = str;
+  while (true) {
+    try {
+      const decoded = decodeURIComponent(last);
+      if (decoded === last) {
+        return last;
+      }
+      last = decoded;
+    } catch (e) {
+      return last;
     }
-  } catch (ex) {
-    err(ex);
   }
-  return str;
 };
 // #endregion
 
diff --git a/tools/test_decode.js b/tools/test_decode.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ca1fd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test_decode.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { decode } from '../src/js/util.js';
+import assert from 'assert';
+
+const encodedURI = 'https://example.com/%25'; // %25 is '%'
+const expectedDecodedURI = 'https://example.com/%';
+
+try {
+  const result = decode(encodedURI);
+  assert.strictEqual(result, expectedDecodedURI, 'The URI should be decoded');
+  console.log('Test passed!');
+} catch (e) {
+  console.error('Test failed:', e.message);
+}