diff --git a/artemis-hawtio/artemis-plugin/src/main/webapp/plugin/js/address.js b/artemis-hawtio/artemis-plugin/src/main/webapp/plugin/js/address.js
index b16f270a94..5227fc407b 100644
--- a/artemis-hawtio/artemis-plugin/src/main/webapp/plugin/js/address.js
+++ b/artemis-hawtio/artemis-plugin/src/main/webapp/plugin/js/address.js
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ var ARTEMIS = (function(ARTEMIS) {
                     {
                         name = name.substr(1,name.length -2);
                     }
+                    name = ARTEMISService.artemisConsole.ownUnescape(name);
                     ARTEMIS.log.info(name);
                     var operation;
                     $scope.message = "Deleted address " + name;
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ var ARTEMIS = (function(ARTEMIS) {
         $scope.name = function () {
             var selection = workspace.selection;
             if (selection) {
-                return selection.title;
+                return ARTEMISService.artemisConsole.ownUnescape(selection.title);
             }
             return null;
         };
diff --git a/artemis-hawtio/artemis-plugin/src/main/webapp/plugin/js/queue.js b/artemis-hawtio/artemis-plugin/src/main/webapp/plugin/js/queue.js
index d4c8b4223a..476426658e 100644
--- a/artemis-hawtio/artemis-plugin/src/main/webapp/plugin/js/queue.js
+++ b/artemis-hawtio/artemis-plugin/src/main/webapp/plugin/js/queue.js
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ var ARTEMIS = (function(ARTEMIS) {
                     var domain = selection.domain;
                     var name = entries["Destination"] || entries["destinationName"] || selection.title;
                     name = name.replace(/['"]+/g, '');
+                    name = ARTEMISService.artemisConsole.ownUnescape(name);
                     ARTEMIS.log.info(name);
                     var operation;
                     if (isQueue) {
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ var ARTEMIS = (function(ARTEMIS) {
         $scope.name = function () {
             var selection = workspace.selection;
             if (selection) {
-                return selection.title;
+                return ARTEMISService.artemisConsole.ownUnescape(selection.title);
             }
             return null;
         };
diff --git a/artemis-hawtio/artemis-plugin/src/main/webapp/plugin/lib/artemis-console.js b/artemis-hawtio/artemis-plugin/src/main/webapp/plugin/lib/artemis-console.js
index 4ef90d5b37..197bfae4ed 100644
--- a/artemis-hawtio/artemis-plugin/src/main/webapp/plugin/lib/artemis-console.js
+++ b/artemis-hawtio/artemis-plugin/src/main/webapp/plugin/lib/artemis-console.js
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ function ArtemisConsole() {
    this.getRemoteBrokers = function (mbean, jolokia, method) {
       jolokia.request({ type: 'exec', mbean: mbean, operation: 'listNetworkTopology()' }, method);
    };
+
+   this.ownUnescape = function (name) {
+      //simple return unescape(name); does not work for this :(
+      return name.replace(/\\\\/g, "\\").replace(/\\\*/g, "*").replace(/\\\?/g, "?");
+   };
 }
 
 function getServerAttributes() {