diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f70fa21..9f71b75 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,33 @@
         <system>Jenkins</system>
         <url>http://ci.qatools.ru/</url>
     </ciManagement>
-    
+
+    <dependencyManagement>
+        <dependencies>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+                <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+                <version>2.4</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+                <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+                <version>3.4</version>
+            </dependency>
+
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>junit</groupId>
+                <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+                <version>4.12</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+                <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
+                <version>1.3</version>
+            </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+    </dependencyManagement>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
@@ -132,30 +158,4 @@
         </pluginManagement>
     </build>
 
-    <dependencyManagement>
-        <dependencies>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-                <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-                <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4</version>
-            </dependency>
-
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>junit</groupId>
-                <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-                <version>4.12</version>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-                <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-                <version>1.3</version>
-            </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
-    </dependencyManagement>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/proxy/pom.xml b/proxy/pom.xml
index 843ffb4..fe013cc 100644
--- a/proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/proxy/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
-            <version>4.3.6</version>
+            <version>4.5.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- slf4j -->
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@
             <artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
+            <version>1.9.5</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mock-server</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockserver-netty</artifactId>
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/ru/qatools/gridrouter/ProxyServlet.java b/proxy/src/main/java/ru/qatools/gridrouter/ProxyServlet.java
index ca647ec..6cf2cfa 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/ru/qatools/gridrouter/ProxyServlet.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/ru/qatools/gridrouter/ProxyServlet.java
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.URLDecoder;
 
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 import static org.springframework.http.HttpMethod.DELETE;
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ protected String rewriteTarget(HttpServletRequest request) {
         String uri = request.getRequestURI();
 
         String remoteHost = getRemoteHost(request);
-        
+
         if (!isUriValid(uri)) {
             LOGGER.warn("[{}] [{}] - request uri is {}", "INVALID_SESSION_HASH", remoteHost, uri);
             return null;
@@ -144,7 +146,14 @@ protected String getRoute(String uri) {
     }
 
     protected String getCommand(String uri) {
-        return uri.substring(getUriPrefixLength());
+        String encodedCommand = uri.substring(getUriPrefixLength());
+        try {
+            return URLDecoder.decode(encodedCommand, UTF_8.name());
+        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+            LOGGER.error("[{}] - could not decode command: {}",
+                    "UNABLE_TO_DECODE_COMMAND", encodedCommand, e);
+            return encodedCommand;
+        }
     }
 
     protected boolean isUriValid(String uri) {
diff --git a/proxy/src/test/java/ru/qatools/gridrouter/CommandDecodingTest.java b/proxy/src/test/java/ru/qatools/gridrouter/CommandDecodingTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e76865c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxy/src/test/java/ru/qatools/gridrouter/CommandDecodingTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package ru.qatools.gridrouter;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.Parameterized;
+
+import java.net.URLEncoder;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.endsWith;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+/**
+ * @author Artem Eroshenko eroshenkoam@yandex-team.ru
+ */
+@RunWith(Parameterized.class)
+public class CommandDecodingTest {
+
+    public static final String SUFFIX = "http://host.com/wd/hub/session/8dec71ede39ad9ff3";
+
+    public static final String POSTFIX = "b3fbc03311bdc45282358f1-f09c-4c44-8057-4b82f4a53002/element/id/";
+
+    public String requestUri;
+
+    public String elementId;
+
+    public CommandDecodingTest(String elementId) throws Exception {
+        this.requestUri = String.format("%s%s%s", SUFFIX, POSTFIX, URLEncoder.encode(elementId, UTF_8.name()));
+        this.elementId = elementId;
+    }
+
+    @Parameterized.Parameters
+    public static Collection<Object[]> getData() {
+        return Arrays.asList(
+                new Object[]{"text_???"},
+                new Object[]{"text_&_not_text"}
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testOutput() throws Exception {
+        ProxyServlet proxyServlet = new ProxyServlet();
+        String command = proxyServlet.getCommand(requestUri);
+        assertThat(command, endsWith(elementId));
+    }
+
+
+}