diff --git a/src/components/Virtualization/useSelectedTag.tsx b/src/components/Virtualization/useSelectedTag.tsx
index 25eafcc9..140252fb 100644
--- a/src/components/Virtualization/useSelectedTag.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Virtualization/useSelectedTag.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import * as React from 'react';
  * transforms "#tag/myendpoint" into "tag/myendpoint".
  */
 export const toRedocTag = (hash: string) => {
-  return hash.substring(1, hash.length);
+  const decodedHash = decodeURIComponent(hash);
+  return decodedHash.substring(1, decodedHash.length);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ const useSelectedTag = () => {
   React.useEffect(() => {
     const hashCheckInterval = setInterval(() => {
       const redocTag = toRedocTag(window.location.hash);
+      console.log(redocTag);
       if (redocTag !== selectedTag) {
         setSelectedTag(redocTag);
       }
diff --git a/src/components/__tests__/useSelectedTag.test.tsx b/src/components/__tests__/useSelectedTag.test.tsx
index e4c47f96..6548aabc 100644
--- a/src/components/__tests__/useSelectedTag.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/__tests__/useSelectedTag.test.tsx
@@ -46,6 +46,29 @@ describe('useSelectedTag', () => {
     expect(selectedTag).toBe('tag/product-namespace-verb');
   });
 
+  it('uri encoded tags are decoded to match the tags in the actual html id and data-section-id', async () => {
+    window.location.hash = '#tag/Notes/paths/~1notes~1%7Bid%7D/get';
+
+    let selectedTag: string | undefined;
+
+    // Hooks can only be used inside a React component.
+    // This component is just to host the hook.
+    const TestComponent = () => {
+      selectedTag = useSelectedTag();
+      return <p data-testid={selectedTag}>test</p>;
+    };
+
+    React.act(() => {
+      root.render(<TestComponent />);
+    });
+
+    await React.act(async () => {
+      jest.advanceTimersByTime(100);
+    });
+
+    expect(selectedTag).toBe('tag/Notes/paths/~1notes~1{id}/get');
+  });
+
   it('resetting a tag will also reset the selected tag from the hook', async () => {
     let selectedTag: string | undefined;