diff --git a/wp2git.d b/wp2git.d
index 67dc333..57965c3 100644
--- a/wp2git.d
+++ b/wp2git.d
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import std.stream;
 import std.string;
 import std.file;
 import std.conv;
+import std.uri;
 import litexml;
 
 int main(string[] args)
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ int main(string[] args)
 	if (name.length>=2 && name[0]=='"' && name[$-1]=='"')
 		name = name[1..$-1]; // strip quotes
 
-	if (spawnvp(P_WAIT, "curl", ["curl", "-d", "\"\"", "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Export&pages=" ~ name, "-o", "history.xml"]))
+	if (spawnvp(P_WAIT, "curl", ["curl", "-d", "\"\"", "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Export&pages=" ~ encodeComponent(name), "-o", "history.xml"]))
 		throw new Exception("curl error");
 
 	fwritefln(stderr, "Loading history...");