diff --git a/updateplugin b/updateplugin
deleted file mode 100755
index fe798e93..00000000
--- a/updateplugin
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-scp -r wp-fdroid/ fdroid@f-droid.org:/home/fdroid/public_html/wp-content/plugins
diff --git a/wp-fdroid/wp-fdroid.php b/wp-fdroid/wp-fdroid.php
index f70017f2..f412eef9 100644
--- a/wp-fdroid/wp-fdroid.php
+++ b/wp-fdroid/wp-fdroid.php
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ function linkify($vars) {
 	$retvar = '';
 	foreach($vars as $k => $v) {
 		if($k!==null && $v!==null && $v!='')
-			$retvar .= $k.'='.$v.'&';
+			$retvar .= $k.'='.urlencode($v).'&';
 	}
 	return substr($retvar,0,-1);
 }