diff --git a/biomine/variant/mafvariant.py b/biomine/variant/mafvariant.py
index 6b03d97..8316f80 100644
--- a/biomine/variant/mafvariant.py
+++ b/biomine/variant/mafvariant.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import re
 from biomine.variant.variant import variant
+from urllib2 import unquote
 
 class mafvariant(variant):
 	nonCoding = re.compile( "([NULL|\*|\+|\-])" )
@@ -260,6 +261,7 @@ def HGVSp( self ):
 		return hgvsp
 	def splitHGVSp( self , hgvsp ):
 ##		print "biomine::variant::mafvariant::splitHGVSp - "
+		hgvsp = unquote(hgvsp)
 		ref = ""
 		pos = ""
 		mut = ""
@@ -278,7 +280,7 @@ def splitHGVSp( self , hgvsp ):
 #TODO handle splice variants: NM_000030.2:c.424-2A>G  NP_000021.1:p.Gly_142Gln145del
 			changep = re.match( "p\.([a-zA-Z\*]+?)([0-9\?]+?)([a-zA-Z]{1,3}|[\*\?])(ext[0-9\*\?]*)*" , hgvsp )
 			changee = re.match( "(e)([0-9]+?)([\+\-][0-9]+?)" , hgvsp )
-			unknown = re.match( "p\.[\?\=\|(\=\)|0|0\?]" , hgvsp )
+			unknown = re.match( "p\..*[\?\=\|(\=\)|0|0\?]" , hgvsp )
 			if changep: #peptide
 				ref = changep.group( 1 )
 				pos = changep.group( 2 )