diff --git a/src/en/madokami/build.gradle b/src/en/madokami/build.gradle
index 9571402e7..d5098caf5 100644
--- a/src/en/madokami/build.gradle
+++ b/src/en/madokami/build.gradle
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ext {
     extName = 'Madokami'
     extClass = '.Madokami'
-    extVersionCode = 11
+    extVersionCode = 12
 }
 
 apply from: "$rootDir/common.gradle"
diff --git a/src/en/madokami/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/madokami/Madokami.kt b/src/en/madokami/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/madokami/Madokami.kt
index 1ec6ffb2f..3ba07a44a 100644
--- a/src/en/madokami/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/madokami/Madokami.kt
+++ b/src/en/madokami/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/madokami/Madokami.kt
@@ -74,7 +74,13 @@ class Madokami : ConfigurableSource, ParsedHttpSource() {
 
     override fun popularMangaRequest(page: Int): Request = authenticate(GET("$baseUrl/recent", headers))
 
-    override fun searchMangaRequest(page: Int, query: String, filters: FilterList): Request = authenticate(GET("$baseUrl/search?q=$query", headers))
+    override fun searchMangaRequest(page: Int, query: String, filters: FilterList): Request {
+        val url = "$baseUrl/search".toHttpUrl().newBuilder()
+            .addQueryParameter("q", query)
+            .build()
+
+        return authenticate(GET(url, headers))
+    }
 
     override fun searchMangaSelector() = "div.container table tbody tr td:nth-child(1) a:nth-child(1)"