diff --git a/lua/rest-nvim/utils/init.lua b/lua/rest-nvim/utils/init.lua
index 2250013a..e2c3c45f 100644
--- a/lua/rest-nvim/utils/init.lua
+++ b/lua/rest-nvim/utils/init.lua
@@ -365,8 +365,8 @@ M.encode_url = function(url)
   end
 
   url = url:gsub("\n", "\r\n")
-  -- Encode characters but exclude `.`, `_`, `-`, `:`, `/`, `?`, `&`, `=`, `~`
-  url = string.gsub(url, "([^%w _ %- . : / ? & = ~])", M.char_to_hex)
+  -- Encode characters but exclude `.`, `_`, `-`, `:`, `/`, `?`, `&`, `=`, `~`, `@`
+  url = string.gsub(url, "([^%w _ %- . : / ? & = ~ @])", M.char_to_hex)
   url = url:gsub(" ", "+")
   return url
 end