diff --git a/build/shared/tools/MovieMaker/src/processing/app/tools/FFmpegEngine.java b/build/shared/tools/MovieMaker/src/processing/app/tools/FFmpegEngine.java
index a0d5b9735..f9e7d7911 100644
--- a/build/shared/tools/MovieMaker/src/processing/app/tools/FFmpegEngine.java
+++ b/build/shared/tools/MovieMaker/src/processing/app/tools/FFmpegEngine.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import processing.app.Platform;
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.Component;
 import java.io.*;
+import java.net.URLDecoder;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.text.NumberFormat;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ class FFmpegEngine {
     // Use the location of this jar to find the "tool" folder
     String jarPath =
       getClass().getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation().getFile();
+    // https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/268
+    jarPath = URLDecoder.decode(jarPath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
     File toolFolder = new File(jarPath).getParentFile();
     // Use that path to get the full path to our copy of the ffmpeg binary
     String ffmpegName = Platform.isWindows() ? "ffmpeg.exe" : "ffmpeg";
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index b12c07be7..04eae2562 100755
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ o key shortcuts broken on Katherine's laptop
 o   try with a clean user account
 X   double-check on other Big Sur machines (tried on VMware, was fine)
 X   worked after a reboot?
+X "Massachusetts Institue of Technology" typo in loading screen
+X   https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/254
+X   https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/280 (duplicate)
+X Movie Maker broken with spaces in path (converted to %20)
+X   https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/268
 
 
 contribs
@@ -37,17 +42,6 @@ _   https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/240
 
 beta 2
 
-_ movie maker broken with spaces in path (converted to %20)
-_   https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/268
-
-_ make the call on the launcher setting for Linux
-_   https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/247
-
-_ "Massachusetts Institue of Technology" typo in loading screen
-_   https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/254
-X   https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/280 (duplicate)
-
-
 lots of work
 _ Editor cursor position is offset to the right when display scaling >100%
 _   https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/226
@@ -170,6 +164,8 @@ _   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/5848
 _   or at least avoid the multiple
 _ remove jai_imageio.jar from MovieMaker
 _   also clean out the other unused class files and src
+_ make the call on the launcher setting for Linux
+_   https://github.com/processing/processing4/issues/247
 
 decisions before final 4.0 release
 _ can we compress jdk/Contents/Home/legal into a single zip?