diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..72e8ffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f2c285a..b15b7db 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 module git.kyoko-project.wer.ee/koizumi.aoi/stcli-go
 
 go 1.18
-
-require github.com/astaxie/bat v0.0.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 05acb3f..e69de29 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-github.com/astaxie/bat v0.0.2 h1:EOl52CfuFEnFqu9/mzex93mh7JWdtEGbGQlpih00GWQ=
-github.com/astaxie/bat v0.0.2/go.mod h1:poAI7wDJd5LpfwfBXsGWYIqmVO66dhBx31zhn0ZXdMI=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9c744bb..48dbc2b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// $KyokoNet: stcli-go,v 1.1 2022/12/13 10:07:00 akoizumi Exp 
+// $KyokoNet: stcli-go,v 1.2 2022/12/13 22:13:00 akoizumi Exp 
 // Command line client for SimplyTranslate, a privacy friendly frontend to Google Translate
 package main
 
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 )
 var (
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ func main() {
 	// Map a variable to the struct
 	var translate Translate
 	// Build the full URL to query
-	var queryURL = instance + "?engine=" + engine + "&from=" + from + "&to=" + to + "&text=" + input
+	var encinput = url.PathEscape(input)
+	var queryURL = instance + "?engine=" + engine + "&from=" + from + "&to=" + to + "&text=" + encinput
 	// Begin the request and process the response
 	req, err := http.Get(queryURL)
 	sanityCheck(err)
diff --git a/stcli-go.1 b/stcli-go.1
index 32bb33e..9843af1 100644
--- a/stcli-go.1
+++ b/stcli-go.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.Dd Aftermath 56, 3188
+.Dd Aftermath 57, 3188
 .Dt STCLI-GO 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -38,5 +38,4 @@ Target language to translate to
 .Pp
 .An Baobab Aq Mt baobab@honeypot.im
 .Sh BUGS
-This utility cannot translate strings
-separated by spaces.
+None so far