1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/downloader/__init__.py b/src/downloader/__init__.py
index 4dd6169..830bdec 100644
--- a/src/downloader/__init__.py
+++ b/src/downloader/__init__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ program, including manipulation of the wikimedia API.
 """
 
 import urllib.request
+import urllib.parse
 
 
 class Downloader():
@@ -86,5 +87,11 @@ class WikimediaAPI():
             "Module talk": "829",
             "Topic": "2600"
         }
-        return self.endpoint + "?action=query&list=recentchanges&format="\
-            + self.return_format + "&namespace=" + rcnamespaces[namespace]
+
+        url_params = {
+            "action": "query",
+            "list": "recentchanges",
+            "format": self.return_format,
+            "namespace": rcnamespaces[namespace],
+        }
+        return urllib.parse.urljoin(self.endpoint, urllib.parse.urlencode(url_params).encode("utf8"))