diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/components/ServersideSearchPanel/useServerSideSearchPanel.ts b/web/packages/teleport/src/components/ServersideSearchPanel/useServerSideSearchPanel.ts
index 02ab2623cc104..1aab8cc3243ef 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/components/ServersideSearchPanel/useServerSideSearchPanel.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/components/ServersideSearchPanel/useServerSideSearchPanel.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
 import { ResourceFilter } from 'teleport/services/agents';
 
-import { encodeUrlQueryParams } from 'teleport/components/hooks/useUrlFiltering';
+import {
+  decodeUrlQueryParam,
+  encodeUrlQueryParams,
+} from 'teleport/components/hooks/useUrlFiltering';
 
 export default function useServersideSearchPanel({
   pathname,
@@ -90,15 +93,6 @@ export default function useServersideSearchPanel({
   };
 }
 
-function decodeUrlQueryParam(param: string) {
-  // Prevents URI malformed error by replacing lone % with %25
-  const decodedQuery = decodeURIComponent(
-    param.replace(/%(?![0-9][0-9a-fA-F]+)/g, '%25')
-  );
-
-  return decodedQuery;
-}
-
 export type HookProps = {
   pathname: string;
   replaceHistory: (path: string) => void;
diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/components/hooks/useUrlFiltering/decodeUrlQueryParam.ts b/web/packages/teleport/src/components/hooks/useUrlFiltering/decodeUrlQueryParam.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..93de5c951e419
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/components/hooks/useUrlFiltering/decodeUrlQueryParam.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/**
+ * Teleport
+ * Copyright (C) 2023  Gravitational, Inc.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * calls native decodeURIComponent under the hood but goes
+ * one step further by replacing lone % with %25
+ * to prevent URI malformed error.
+ */
+export function decodeUrlQueryParam(param: string) {
+  const decodedQuery = decodeURIComponent(
+    param.replace(/%(?![0-9][0-9a-fA-F]+)/g, '%25')
+  );
+
+  return decodedQuery;
+}
diff --git a/web/packages/teleport/src/components/hooks/useUrlFiltering/index.ts b/web/packages/teleport/src/components/hooks/useUrlFiltering/index.ts
index 050823729982b..15dbd7ecb7b42 100644
--- a/web/packages/teleport/src/components/hooks/useUrlFiltering/index.ts
+++ b/web/packages/teleport/src/components/hooks/useUrlFiltering/index.ts
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@
 
 export { useUrlFiltering } from './useUrlFiltering';
 export { encodeUrlQueryParams } from './encodeUrlQueryParams';
+export { decodeUrlQueryParam } from './decodeUrlQueryParam';