diff --git a/templates/sidebar.block.menu2.php b/templates/sidebar.block.menu2.php
index 4062fc5..d571120 100644
--- a/templates/sidebar.block.menu2.php
+++ b/templates/sidebar.block.menu2.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if (sizeOf($menu2Tags) > 0) {
 <div id="related"><?php
 foreach($menu2Tags as $menu2Tag) {
 
-	echo '<div dojoType="dojo.data.ItemFileReadStore" url="ajax/getlinkedtags.php?tag='.$menu2Tag.'" jsid="linkedTagStore" ></div>';
+	echo '<div dojoType="dojo.data.ItemFileReadStore" url="ajax/getlinkedtags.php?tag='.filter($menu2Tag, 'url').'" jsid="linkedTagStore" ></div>';
 	echo '<div dojoType="dijit.Tree" store="linkedTagStore" labelAttr="name" >';
 	echo '<script type="dojo/method" event="onClick" args="item">';
 	$returnUrl = sprintf($cat_url, filter($user, 'url'), filter('', 'url'));