diff --git a/info.xml b/info.xml
index a9c82f0..3c9a920 100644
--- a/info.xml
+++ b/info.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <url desc="Licensing">http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html</url>
   </urls>
   <releaseDate>2019-02-23</releaseDate>
-  <version>1.1</version>
+  <version>1.2</version>
   <develStage>alpha</develStage>
   <compatibility>
     <ver>5.0</ver>
diff --git a/username.php b/username.php
index b233312..7529422 100644
--- a/username.php
+++ b/username.php
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ function username_civicrm_validateForm($formName, &$fields, &$files, &$form, &$e
        
        $osm = CRM_Utils_Array::value( $osmfieldid, $fields );
        if (strlen((string)$osm) > 0) {
-           $url = 'https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/changesets?time=9999-01-01&display_name='.urlencode($osm);
+           $url = 'https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/changesets?time=9999-01-01&display_name='.rawurlencode($osm);
            $handle = curl_init($url);
            curl_setopt($handle,  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);