1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/downloader/__init__.py b/src/downloader/__init__.py
index 340ca7b..15fba41 100644
--- a/src/downloader/__init__.py
+++ b/src/downloader/__init__.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class WikimediaAPI():
             "action": "query",
             "list": "recentchanges",
             "format": self.return_format,
-            "namespace": rcnamespaces[namespace],
+            "rcnamespace": rcnamespaces[namespace],
         }
-        url_params_str = urllib.parse.urlencode(url_params).encode("utf8")
+        url_params_str = urllib.parse.urlencode(url_params)
         return urllib.parse.urljoin(self.endpoint, "?" + url_params_str)