diff --git a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/places.py b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/places.py
--- a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/places.py
+++ b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/places.py
@@ -219,5 +219,4 @@
 
     def do_gtk_bookmarks( self ):
         if self.showGTKBookmarks:
-            bookmarks = {}            
             with open(os.path.expanduser('~/.gtk-bookmarks'), 'r') as f:
@@ -223,2 +222,6 @@
             with open(os.path.expanduser('~/.gtk-bookmarks'), 'r') as f:
+                #each line is either: {uri} space {label}
+                #                 or: {uri}
+                #spaces within {uri} escaped with %20
+                #label has no escaping, spaces are kept as-is
                 for line in f:
@@ -224,3 +227,2 @@
                 for line in f:
-                    #line = line.replace('file://', '')
                     line = line.rstrip()
@@ -226,4 +228,4 @@
                     line = line.rstrip()
-                    parts = line.split(' ')
-
+                    parts = line.split(' ', 1)
+    
                     if len(parts) == 2:
@@ -229,6 +231,7 @@
                     if len(parts) == 2:
-                        bookmarks[parts[1]] = parts[0]
-                    elif len(parts) == 1:
-                        junk = os.path.split(parts[0])
-                        bookmarks[junk[len(junk) - 1]] = parts[0]
+                        uri, name = parts
+                    else:
+                        assert len(parts) == 1
+                        uri = parts[0]
+                        name = os.path.split(uri)[-1]
                         
@@ -234,11 +237,9 @@
                         
-            for name, path in bookmarks.iteritems():                          
-                name = unquote(name)
-                currentbutton = easyButton( "folder", self.iconsize, [name], -1, -1 )
-                currentbutton.connect( "clicked", self.launch_gtk_bookmark, path )
-                currentbutton.show()
-                self.placesBtnHolder.pack_start( currentbutton, False, False )
-                
+                    currentbutton = easyButton( "folder", self.iconsize, [name], -1, -1 )
+                    currentbutton.connect( "clicked", self.launch_gtk_bookmark, uri )
+                    currentbutton.show()
+                    self.placesBtnHolder.pack_start( currentbutton, False, False )
+                                                  
     def launch_gtk_bookmark (self, widget, path):
         self.mintMenuWin.hide()
         os.system("xdg-open %s &" % path)