diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 447595d..2743c29 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this p
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixes [1448](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/1448) - Hashes (#) are percent encoded in custom remote urls
 - Fixes [1447](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/1447) - _Open File on Remote From..._ is missing remote branches
 - Fixes [1442](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/1442) - Interactive Rebase Editor not opened but plain text file when called from terminal
 - Fixes [1439](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/1439) - Copying a remote file URL for a file on Azure DevOps does not work — thanks to [PR #1440](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/pull/1440) by Lee C. ([MeltingMosaic](https://github.com/MeltingMosaic))
diff --git a/src/git/remotes/custom.ts b/src/git/remotes/custom.ts
index bf58dc3..c994379 100644
--- a/src/git/remotes/custom.ts
+++ b/src/git/remotes/custom.ts
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ export class CustomRemote extends RemoteProvider {
 			url = Strings.interpolate(this.urls.file, this.getContext({ file: fileName, line: line }));
 		}
 
+		const decodeHash = url.includes('#');
 		url = this.encodeUrl(url);
-		if (line.includes('#')) {
+		if (decodeHash) {
 			const index = url.lastIndexOf('%23');
 			if (index !== -1) {
 				url = `${url.substring(0, index)}#${url.substring(index + 3)}`;