diff --git a/gelbooru_poster.py b/gelbooru_poster.py
index 9f0bbdb..7ffca55 100644
--- a/gelbooru_poster.py
+++ b/gelbooru_poster.py
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ class BotInstance:
         image_number = random.randint(0, 100)
         # Get the JSON data from the API
         if self.gelbooru_tags_exclude != "":
-            gelbooru_tags_exclude = "+" + self.gelbooru_tags_exclude
+            gelbooru_tags_exclude = " " + self.gelbooru_tags_exclude
         else:
             gelbooru_tags_exclude = ""
-        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()
+        gelbooru_json = requests.get(self.gelbooru_url + urllib.parse.quote_plus(self.gelbooru_tags + 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: