diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Search.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Search.tsx
index 498d324..aa214ac 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Search.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Search.tsx
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const Search: React.FC<SearchProps> = ({ setBooks }) => {
   const [showLanguageDropdown, setShowLanguageDropdown] = useState<boolean>(true)
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    const params = new Proxy(new URLSearchParams(window.location.search), {
+    const params = new Proxy(new URLSearchParams(decodeURIComponent(window.location.search)), {
       //@ts-ignore
       get: (searchParams, prop) => searchParams.get(prop),
     });
@@ -94,9 +94,10 @@ const Search: React.FC<SearchProps> = ({ setBooks }) => {
   }
 
   const copyToClipboard = () => {
-    const searchQuery = `${window.location.host}?title=${title}&author=${author}&language=${language}&publisher=${publisher}&isbn=${isbn}&extension=${extension}`;
+    const searchBase = `${window.location.host}/?`;
+    const searchQuery = encodeURIComponent(`title=${title}&author=${author}&language=${language}&publisher=${publisher}&isbn=${isbn}&extension=${extension}`)
 
-    navigator.clipboard.writeText(searchQuery).then(() => {
+    navigator.clipboard.writeText(`${searchBase}${searchQuery}`).then(() => {
       //console.log('Async: Copying to clipboard was successful!');
     }, (err) => {
       //console.error('Async: Could not copy text: ', err);