--- kaffeine/src/input/audiobrowser/playlist.cpp
+++ kaffeine/src/input/audiobrowser/playlist.cpp
@@ -1895,7 +1895,12 @@
 		{
 			QString subList;
 			for(unsigned int i=0; i<tmp->subtitles().count(); i++)
-				subList += tmp->subtitles()[i] + "&";
+			{
+				QString sub = tmp->subtitles()[i];
+				sub.replace('%', "%25");
+				sub.replace('&', "%26");
+				subList += sub + "&";
+			}
 
 			entry.setAttribute("subs", subList);
 		}
--- kaffeine/src/player-parts/kaffeine-part/playlistimport.cpp
+++ kaffeine/src/player-parts/kaffeine-part/playlistimport.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,11 @@
 		int currentSub = -1;
 
 		if ((!att.value("subs").isNull()) && (!att.value("subs").isEmpty()))
+		{
 			subs =  QStringList::split("&",att.value("subs"),false);
+			subs.gres("%26", "&");
+			subs.gres("%25", "%");
+		}
 		if ((!att.value("subs").isNull()) && (!att.value("subs").isEmpty()))
 		{
 			bool ok;