diff --git a/scrapeit/utils.py b/scrapeit/utils.py
index 0363971..5fd7a73 100644
--- a/scrapeit/utils.py
+++ b/scrapeit/utils.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ def read_url(url, headers=DEFAULT_HEADERS, blocking=True):
   False, returns an iterator which gives None until a successful read,
   at which point the str page contents is yielded.
   """
+  url = url.replace(' ', '%20')
   req = urllib2.Request(url, None, headers)
   f = urllib2.urlopen(req)
   data = f.read()