diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b2c5b6e..60c8dd2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ tun2 = { version = "1.2", features = ["async"] }
 udp-stream = { version = "0.0", default-features = false }
 unicase = "2.7"
 url = "2.5"
+url-escape = "0.1"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os="linux")'.dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/src/args.rs b/src/args.rs
index e5d1ca5..63c1713 100644
--- a/src/args.rs
+++ b/src/args.rs
@@ -326,8 +326,8 @@ impl ArgProxy {
         let credentials = if url.username() == "" && url.password().is_none() {
             None
         } else {
-            let username = String::from(url.username());
-            let password = String::from(url.password().unwrap_or(""));
+            let username = url_escape::decode(url.username());
+            let password = url_escape::decode(url.password().unwrap_or(""));
             Some(UserKey::new(username, password))
         };