diff --git a/storyboard/api/v1/projects.py b/storyboard/api/v1/projects.py
index 9d698831..55a79356 100644
--- a/storyboard/api/v1/projects.py
+++ b/storyboard/api/v1/projects.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from pecan.decorators import expose
 from pecan import response
 from pecan import rest
 from pecan.secure import secure
+from six.moves.urllib.parse import unquote
 from wsme import types as wtypes
 import wsmeext.pecan as wsme_pecan
 
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ class ProjectsController(rest.RestController):
     def _route(self, args, request):
         if request.method == 'GET' and len(args) > 0:
             # It's a request by a name or id
-            something = args[0]
+            something = unquote(args[0])
 
             if something == "search":
                 # Request to a search endpoint
diff --git a/storyboard/tests/api/test_projects.py b/storyboard/tests/api/test_projects.py
index 07842313..6b1ea10b 100644
--- a/storyboard/tests/api/test_projects.py
+++ b/storyboard/tests/api/test_projects.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class TestProjects(base.FunctionalTest):
         self.resource = '/projects'
 
         self.project_01 = {
-            'name': 'test-project',
+            'name': 'tests/test-project',
             'description': 'some description'
         }
 
@@ -43,6 +43,22 @@ class TestProjects(base.FunctionalTest):
         self.assertEqual('Project 3 Description - foo',
                          response['description'])
 
+    def test_get_by_name(self):
+        project = self.get_json(
+            path=self.resource + '/tests/project3')
+
+        self.assertEqual('tests/project3', project['name'])
+        self.assertEqual('Project 1 Description - foo',
+                         project['description'])
+
+    def test_get_by_name_quoted(self):
+        project = self.get_json(
+            path=self.resource + '/tests%2Fproject3')
+
+        self.assertEqual('tests/project3', project['name'])
+        self.assertEqual('Project 1 Description - foo',
+                         project['description'])
+
     def test_get_nonexistent(self):
         response = self.get_json(path=self.resource + "/999",
                                  expect_errors=True)
diff --git a/storyboard/tests/db/test_load_projects.py b/storyboard/tests/db/test_load_projects.py
index de6a8a39..16d3c988 100644
--- a/storyboard/tests/db/test_load_projects.py
+++ b/storyboard/tests/db/test_load_projects.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class TestLoadProjects(base.BaseDbTestCase):
 
             # Loaded + mock_data
             project_names = ["Test-Project", "Test-Project-Two",
-                             "project1", "project2", "project3"]
+                             "project1", "project2", "tests/project3"]
             project_ids = []
             for project in projects:
                 self.assertIn(project.name, project_names)
diff --git a/storyboard/tests/mock_data.py b/storyboard/tests/mock_data.py
index f84f70f9..7d1eb5eb 100644
--- a/storyboard/tests/mock_data.py
+++ b/storyboard/tests/mock_data.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def load():
             description='Project 2 Description - bar'),
         Project(
             id=3,
-            name='project3',
+            name='tests/project3',
             description='Project 1 Description - foo')
     ])