diff --git a/src/invidious/views/search.ecr b/src/invidious/views/search.ecr
index 36db2c8c..db374548 100644
--- a/src/invidious/views/search.ecr
+++ b/src/invidious/views/search.ecr
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <title><%= search_query.not_nil!.size > 30 ? HTML.escape(query.not_nil![0,30].rstrip(".") + "...") : HTML.escape(query.not_nil!) %> - Invidious</title>
 <% end %>
 
-<% search_query_encoded = env.get?("search").try { |x| URI.encode(x.as(String), space_to_plus: true) } %>
+<% search_query_encoded = env.get?("search").try { |x| URI.encode_www_form(x.as(String), space_to_plus: true) } %>
 
 <!-- Search redirection and filtering UI -->
 <% if count == 0 %>