diff --git a/public-legacy/search.php b/public-legacy/search.php
index eb99538..6c6d3c6 100644
--- a/public-legacy/search.php
+++ b/public-legacy/search.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Template::addFunction('search_merge_query', function($attrs) use (&$searchQueryE
         empty($attrs['query']) ? [] : explode(' ', $attrs['query'])
     )));
 
-    return rawurlencode(implode(' ', $existing));
+    return implode(' ', $existing);
 });
 if(!empty($searchQuery)) {
     $usersCtx = $msz->getUsersContext();