diff --git a/IPython/html/notebook/handlers.py b/IPython/html/notebook/handlers.py
index 4257cd9..3a7048e 100644
--- a/IPython/html/notebook/handlers.py
+++ b/IPython/html/notebook/handlers.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ HTTPError = web.HTTPError
 
 from ..base.handlers import IPythonHandler
 from ..utils import url_path_join
-from urllib import quote
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Handlers
@@ -51,9 +50,6 @@ class NamedNotebookHandler(IPythonHandler):
     def get(self, notebook_path):
         nbm = self.notebook_manager
         name, path = nbm.named_notebook_path(notebook_path)
-        if name != None:
-            name = quote(name)
-        self.log.info(name)
         if path == None:
             project = self.project + '/' + name
         else:
diff --git a/IPython/html/services/notebooks/handlers.py b/IPython/html/services/notebooks/handlers.py
index 8ab6a2c..f5d659b 100644
--- a/IPython/html/services/notebooks/handlers.py
+++ b/IPython/html/services/notebooks/handlers.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class NotebookHandler(IPythonHandler):
         else:
             format = self.get_argument('format', default='json')
             model = nbm.notebook_model(name,path)
-            data, name = nbm.get_notebook(model, format)
+            last_mod, representation, name = nbm.get_notebook(name, path, format)
 
             if format == u'json':
                 self.set_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
diff --git a/IPython/html/services/notebooks/nbmanager.py b/IPython/html/services/notebooks/nbmanager.py
index 4ba4b1a..51b7aa5 100644
--- a/IPython/html/services/notebooks/nbmanager.py
+++ b/IPython/html/services/notebooks/nbmanager.py
@@ -117,19 +117,20 @@ class NotebookManager(LoggingConfigurable):
                     "content": content}
         return model
 
-    def get_notebook(self, body, format=u'json'):
+    def get_notebook(self, notebook_name, notebook_path=None, format=u'json'):
         """Get the representation of a notebook in format by notebook_name."""
         format = unicode(format)
         if format not in self.allowed_formats:
             raise web.HTTPError(415, u'Invalid notebook format: %s' % format)
         kwargs = {}
+        last_mod, nb = self.read_notebook_object(notebook_name, notebook_path)
         if format == 'json':
             # don't split lines for sending over the wire, because it
             # should match the Python in-memory format.
             kwargs['split_lines'] = False
-        representation = current.writes(body, format, **kwargs)
-        name = body['content']['metadata']['name']
-        return representation, name
+        representation = current.writes(nb, format, **kwargs)
+        name = nb.metadata.get('name', 'notebook')
+        return last_mod, representation, name
 
     def read_notebook_object(self, notebook_name, notebook_path):
         """Get the object representation of a notebook by notebook_id."""