diff --git a/src/modules/api.js b/src/modules/api.js
index 92fa5374..62e9a7c6 100644
--- a/src/modules/api.js
+++ b/src/modules/api.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import hostOverrides from "./processing/hostOverrides.js";
 
 export async function getJSON(originalURL, lang, obj) {
     try {
-        let patternMatch, url = decodeURIComponent(originalURL),
+        let patternMatch, url = encodeURI(decodeURIComponent(originalURL)),
             hostname = new URL(url).hostname.split('.'),
             host = hostname[hostname.length - 2];
 
diff --git a/src/modules/sub/utils.js b/src/modules/sub/utils.js
index 41ee07db..cfb56aa8 100644
--- a/src/modules/sub/utils.js
+++ b/src/modules/sub/utils.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const apiVar = {
     },
     booleanOnly: ["isAudioOnly", "isNoTTWatermark", "isTTFullAudio", "isAudioMuted", "dubLang", "vimeoDash", "disableMetadata"]
 }
-const forbiddenChars = ['}', '{', '(', ')', '\\', '%', '>', '<', '^', '*', '!', '~', ';', ':', ',', '`', '[', ']', '#', '$', '"', "'", "@", '=='];
+const forbiddenChars = ['}', '{', '(', ')', '\\', '>', '<', '^', '*', '!', '~', ';', ':', ',', '`', '[', ']', '#', '$', '"', "'", "@", '=='];
 const forbiddenCharsString = ['}', '{', '%', '>', '<', '^', ';', '`', '$', '"', "@", '='];
 
 export function apiJSON(type, obj) {