diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/gc/mda/kcg/collector/osint/OsintCollector.java b/backend/src/main/java/gc/mda/kcg/collector/osint/OsintCollector.java
index e58b2b9..91952a5 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/gc/mda/kcg/collector/osint/OsintCollector.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/gc/mda/kcg/collector/osint/OsintCollector.java
@@ -265,6 +265,6 @@ public class OsintCollector {
     }
 
     private String encodeQuery(String query) {
-        return query.replace(" ", "+");
+        return java.net.URLEncoder.encode(query, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
     }
 }