diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c1bcebb..bb66ad5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -82,10 +82,7 @@ async fn get_items_handler(
     db: web::Data<Arc<Mutex<Database>>>,
     url: web::Path<String>,
 ) -> impl Responder {
-    let decoded_url = urlencoding::decode(&url)
-        .map(|cow| cow.into_owned())
-        .unwrap_or_default();
-    get_items(db, web::Query(decoded_url)).await
+    get_items(db, web::Query(url.into_inner())).await
 }
 
 // Handler to create an item for a specific URL