diff --git a/lib/build.gradle.kts b/lib/build.gradle.kts
index 136dd80..5b12abf 100644
--- a/lib/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/lib/build.gradle.kts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ plugins {
 
 description = "A simple defensive library to encode/decode URL components"
 group = "net.thauvin.erik"
-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "1.3.1-SNAPSHOT"
 
 
 val mavenName = "UrlEncoder"
diff --git a/lib/pom.xml b/lib/pom.xml
index 1174ec4..8af3e06 100644
--- a/lib/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>net.thauvin.erik</groupId>
   <artifactId>urlencoder</artifactId>
-  <version>1.3.0</version>
+  <version>1.3.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>UrlEncoder for Kotlin</name>
   <description>A simple defensive library to encode/decode URL components</description>
   <url>https://github.com/ethauvin/urlencoder</url>
diff --git a/lib/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/urlencoder/UrlEncoder.kt b/lib/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/urlencoder/UrlEncoder.kt
index 6503ca0..251295e 100644
--- a/lib/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/urlencoder/UrlEncoder.kt
+++ b/lib/src/main/kotlin/net/thauvin/erik/urlencoder/UrlEncoder.kt
@@ -129,12 +129,11 @@ object UrlEncoder {
                 if (plusToSpace && ch == '+') {
                     if (!started) {
                         out.append(source, 0, i)
+                        started = true
                     }
                     out.append(" ")
-                    started = true
                 } else if (started) {
                     out.append(ch)
-                    started = true
                 }
                 i++
             }