diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/IndexerTests/NewznabTests/NewznabRequestGeneratorFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/IndexerTests/NewznabTests/NewznabRequestGeneratorFixture.cs
index 1cb57a2fa2..ad7e03270a 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/IndexerTests/NewznabTests/NewznabRequestGeneratorFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/IndexerTests/NewznabTests/NewznabRequestGeneratorFixture.cs
@@ -204,5 +204,48 @@ public void should_fallback_to_q()
             pageTier2.Url.Query.Should().NotContain("imdbid=0076759");
             pageTier2.Url.Query.Should().Contain("q=");
         }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void should_encode_raw_title()
+        {
+            _capabilities.SupportedMovieSearchParameters = new[] { "q" };
+            _capabilities.TextSearchEngine = "raw";
+
+            MovieSearchCriteria movieRawSearchCriteria = new MovieSearchCriteria
+            {
+                Movie = new Movies.Movie { Title = "Some Movie & Title: Words", Year = 2021, TmdbId = 123 },
+                SceneTitles = new List<string> { "Some Movie & Title: Words" }
+            };
+
+            var results = Subject.GetSearchRequests(movieRawSearchCriteria);
+
+            var page = results.GetTier(0).First().First();
+
+            page.Url.Query.Should().Contain("q=Some%20Movie%20%26%20Title%3A%20Words");
+            page.Url.Query.Should().NotContain(" & ");
+            page.Url.Query.Should().Contain("%26");
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void should_use_clean_title_and_encode()
+        {
+            _capabilities.SupportedMovieSearchParameters = new[] { "q" };
+            _capabilities.TextSearchEngine = "sphinx";
+
+            MovieSearchCriteria movieRawSearchCriteria = new MovieSearchCriteria
+            {
+                Movie = new Movies.Movie { Title = "Some Movie & Title: Words", Year = 2021, TmdbId = 123 },
+                SceneTitles = new List<string> { "Some Movie & Title: Words" }
+            };
+
+            var results = Subject.GetSearchRequests(movieRawSearchCriteria);
+
+            var page = results.GetTier(0).First().First();
+
+            page.Url.Query.Should().Contain("q=Some%20Movie%20and%20Title%20Words%202021");
+            page.Url.Query.Should().Contain("and");
+            page.Url.Query.Should().NotContain(" & ");
+            page.Url.Query.Should().NotContain("%26");
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabRequestGenerator.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabRequestGenerator.cs
index 9486b019a8..a20f0dbabe 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabRequestGenerator.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Newznab/NewznabRequestGenerator.cs
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ private IEnumerable<IndexerRequest> GetPagedRequests(int maxPages, IEnumerable<i
 
         private static string NewsnabifyTitle(string title)
         {
-            return title.Replace("+", "%20");
+            var newtitle = title.Replace("+", " ");
+            return Uri.EscapeDataString(newtitle);
         }
 
         public Func<IDictionary<string, string>> GetCookies { get; set; }