diff --git a/src/controllers/helpers.js b/src/controllers/helpers.js
index 8db1d6266f..732652aa38 100644
--- a/src/controllers/helpers.js
+++ b/src/controllers/helpers.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ helpers.notAllowed = function (req, res, error) {
 
 helpers.redirect = function (res, url) {
 	if (res.locals.isAPI) {
-		res.set('X-Redirect', url).status(200).json(url);
+		res.set('X-Redirect', encodeURI(url)).status(200).json(url);
 	} else {
 		res.redirect(nconf.get('relative_path') + encodeURI(url));
 	}