diff --git a/scripts/google-covers/google_covers.py b/scripts/google-covers/google_covers.py
index 27802dab9..cab30a215 100644
--- a/scripts/google-covers/google_covers.py
+++ b/scripts/google-covers/google_covers.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class GoogleImagesCoverProvider(clementine.CoverProvider):
     current_args = self.api_args.copy()
     current_args['q'] = query
 
-    return QUrl(self.API_URL.format(urllib.urlencode(current_args)))
+    return QUrl.fromEncoded(self.API_URL.format(urllib.urlencode(current_args)))
 
 
 provider = GoogleImagesCoverProvider()