diff --git a/src/pages/api/search/searchSuggestion.js b/src/pages/api/search/searchSuggestion.js
index d44dbe79..c1c936c9 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/search/searchSuggestion.js
+++ b/src/pages/api/search/searchSuggestion.js
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ export default async function handler(req, res) {
     return res.json([query, []]); // Responde with the same array format but with no suggestions.
   }
 
-  return res.send(await cachedFetch(`${provider.suggestionUrl}${query}`, 5));
+  return res.send(await cachedFetch(`${provider.suggestionUrl}${encodeURIComponent(query)}`, 5));
 }