The usual...
diff --git a/Lib/dos-8x3/simpleht.py b/Lib/dos-8x3/simpleht.py
index 9260e7e..a4517dc 100755
--- a/Lib/dos-8x3/simpleht.py
+++ b/Lib/dos-8x3/simpleht.py
@@ -10,13 +10,10 @@
 
 
 import os
-import sys
-import time
-import socket
 import string
 import posixpath
-import SocketServer
 import BaseHTTPServer
+import urllib
 
 
 class SimpleHTTPRequestHandler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
@@ -81,7 +78,7 @@
         probably be diagnosed.)
 
         """
-        path = posixpath.normpath(path)
+        path = posixpath.normpath(urllib.unquote(path))
         words = string.splitfields(path, '/')
         words = filter(None, words)
         path = os.getcwd()