diff --git a/src/common.py b/src/common.py
index 652004114..dbeaf6c6d 100644
--- a/src/common.py
+++ b/src/common.py
@@ -225,9 +225,11 @@ def send_info(plugins=None):
            pygtk = '%i.%i.%i' %(gtk.pygtk_version[0],gtk.pygtk_version[1],gtk.pygtk_version[2])
 
            try:
-               urllib.urlopen("http://deluge-torrent.org/stats_get.php?processor=" + \
+               url = "http://deluge-torrent.org/stats_get.php?processor=" + \
                    platform.machine() + "&python=" + platform.python_version() \
-                   + "&os=" + platform.system() + "&pygtk=" + pygtk + "&plugins=" + plugins)
+                   + "&os=" + platform.system() + "&pygtk=" + pygtk + "&plugins=" + urllib.quote_plus(plugins)
+               print url
+               urllib.urlopen(url)
            except IOError:
                print "Network error while trying to send info"
            else: