diff --git a/src/main/java/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/Utils.java b/src/main/java/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/Utils.java
index 3d0632a..69bd6a9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/Utils.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.ZoneId;
@@ -116,6 +117,16 @@ public final class Utils {
         return colorize(s, Colors.CYAN);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * URL encodes the given string.
+     *
+     * @param s The string to encode.
+     * @return The encoded string.
+     */
+    public static String encodeUrl(final String s) {
+        return URLEncoder.encode(s, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Ensures that the given location (File/URL) has a trailing slash (<code>/</code>) to indicate a directory.
      *
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/modules/GoogleSearch.java b/src/main/java/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/modules/GoogleSearch.java
index a36789f..478a64e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/modules/GoogleSearch.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/modules/GoogleSearch.java
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URL;
-import java.net.URLEncoder;
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -98,15 +96,13 @@ public final class GoogleSearch extends ThreadedModule {
         if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(query)) {
             final ArrayList<Message> results = new ArrayList<>();
             try {
-                final String q = URLEncoder.encode(query, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.toString());
-
                 final URL url =
                         new URL("https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?key="
                                 + apiKey
                                 + "&cx="
                                 + cseKey
                                 + "&q="
-                                + q
+                                + Utils.encodeUrl(query)
                                 + "&filter=1&num=5&alt=json");
 
                 final JSONObject json = new JSONObject(Utils.urlReader(url));
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/modules/Weather2.java b/src/main/java/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/modules/Weather2.java
index a0894d0..9ef1426 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/modules/Weather2.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/thauvin/erik/mobibot/modules/Weather2.java
@@ -44,13 +44,11 @@ import net.thauvin.erik.mobibot.msg.ErrorMessage;
 import net.thauvin.erik.mobibot.msg.Message;
 import net.thauvin.erik.mobibot.msg.NoticeMessage;
 import net.thauvin.erik.mobibot.msg.PublicMessage;
-import okhttp3.HttpUrl;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.jibble.pircbot.Colors;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Objects;
 
 import static net.thauvin.erik.mobibot.Utils.bold;
 
@@ -185,14 +183,9 @@ public class Weather2 extends ThreadedModule {
                                 messages.add(new NoticeMessage("https://openweathermap.org/city/" + cwd.getCityId(),
                                                                Colors.GREEN));
                             } else {
-                                final HttpUrl url = Objects.requireNonNull(HttpUrl.parse(
-                                        "https://openweathermap.org/find"))
-                                                           .newBuilder()
-                                                           .addQueryParameter("q",
-                                                                              city + ','
-                                                                              + StringUtils.upperCase(country))
-                                                           .build();
-                                messages.add(new NoticeMessage(url.toString(), Colors.GREEN));
+                                final String url = "https://openweathermap.org/find?q=" +
+                                                   Utils.encodeUrl(city + ',' + StringUtils.upperCase(country));
+                                messages.add(new NoticeMessage(url, Colors.GREEN));
                             }
                         }
                     }