diff --git a/vrchatapi/configuration.py b/vrchatapi/configuration.py

index c0481ac4..45724ff1 100644

--- a/vrchatapi/configuration.py

+++ b/vrchatapi/configuration.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import logging

import multiprocessing

import sys

import urllib3

+import urllib.parse

import six

from six.moves import http_client as httplib

@@ -396,8 +397,13 @@ conf = vrchatapi.Configuration(

password = ""

if self.password is not None:

password = self.password

+

+ #URL encoding username/password to avoid issues with special characters

+ encoded_username = urllib.parse.quote(username)

+ encoded_password = urllib.parse.quote(password)

+

return urllib3.util.make_headers(

- basic_auth=username + ':' + password

+ basic_auth=encoded_username + ':' + encoded_password

).get('authorization')

def auth_settings(self):