diff --git a/gelbooru_poster.py b/gelbooru_poster.py
index 04fc188..ffb3b03 100644
--- a/gelbooru_poster.py
+++ b/gelbooru_poster.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import time
 import traceback
 from PIL import Image
 from io import BytesIO
+import urllib.parse
 
 class BotInstance:
     # Gelbooru API URL
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ class BotInstance:
             gelbooru_tags_exclude = "+" + self.gelbooru_tags_exclude
         else:
             gelbooru_tags_exclude = ""
-        gelbooru_json = requests.get(self.gelbooru_url + self.gelbooru_tags + '+' + gelbooru_tags_exclude + "&pid=" + str(page_number)).json()
+        gelbooru_json = requests.get(self.gelbooru_url + urllib.parse.quote_plus(self.gelbooru_tags) + '+' + urllib.parse.quote_plus(gelbooru_tags_exclude) + "&pid=" + str(page_number)).json()
         max_pages = gelbooru_json['@attributes']['count'] // 100 + (1 if gelbooru_json['@attributes']['count'] % 100 != 0 else 0)
         # Make sure there are images on the page
         if 'post' not in gelbooru_json: