diff --git a/src/en/nineanime/build.gradle b/src/en/nineanime/build.gradle
index d141e7076..408121e3f 100644
--- a/src/en/nineanime/build.gradle
+++ b/src/en/nineanime/build.gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ ext {
     extName = 'NineAnime'
     extClass = '.NineAnime'
     extVersionCode = 5
+    isNsfw = true
 }
 
 apply from: "$rootDir/common.gradle"
diff --git a/src/en/nineanime/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/nineanime/NineAnime.kt b/src/en/nineanime/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/nineanime/NineAnime.kt
index d9ff0a073..d333d79cd 100644
--- a/src/en/nineanime/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/nineanime/NineAnime.kt
+++ b/src/en/nineanime/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/nineanime/NineAnime.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.source.model.SManga
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.source.online.ParsedHttpSource
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.util.asJsoup
 import okhttp3.Headers
+import okhttp3.HttpUrl.Companion.toHttpUrl
 import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
 import okhttp3.Request
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Document
@@ -77,7 +78,12 @@ class NineAnime : ParsedHttpSource() {
 
     override fun searchMangaRequest(page: Int, query: String, filters: FilterList): Request {
         return if (query.isNotBlank()) {
-            GET("$baseUrl/search/?name=$query&page=$page.html", headers)
+            val url = "$baseUrl/search/".toHttpUrl().newBuilder()
+                .addQueryParameter("name", query)
+                .addQueryParameter("page", "$page.html")
+                .build()
+
+            GET(url, headers)
         } else {
             var url = "$baseUrl/category/"
             for (filter in if (filters.isEmpty()) getFilterList() else filters) {