diff --git a/api/search.go b/api/search.go
index 57f6e7a..2c03060 100644
--- a/api/search.go
+++ b/api/search.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package api
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"strings"
 
 	"codeberg.org/rimgo/rimgo/utils"
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ type SearchResult struct {
 }
 
 func (client *Client) Search(query string) ([]SearchResult, error) {
+	query = url.QueryEscape(query)
 	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://imgur.com/search?q=" + query, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return []SearchResult{}, err