diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 2cff47c09..f5400d16d 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     - BUGFIX: Improved empty folder removing code
     - BUGFIX: Use guid or news url as RSS items identifier (instead of title)
     - BUGFIX: Fix possible crash in RSS item selection code
+    - BUGFIX: Added support for url encoded ampersands in RSS
     - COSMETIC: Sort torrent labels in popup menu
     - I18N: Added Croatian translation
 
diff --git a/src/downloadthread.cpp b/src/downloadthread.cpp
index 27a9c9530..ed5c3843c 100644
--- a/src/downloadthread.cpp
+++ b/src/downloadthread.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ downloadThread::~downloadThread(){
 }
 
 void downloadThread::processDlFinished(QNetworkReply* reply) {
-  QString url = reply->url().toString();
+  QString url = reply->url().toEncoded().data();
   if(reply->error() != QNetworkReply::NoError) {
     // Failure
     emit downloadFailure(url, errorCodeToString(reply->error()));