diff --git a/lib/dragonfly/job/fetch_url.rb b/lib/dragonfly/job/fetch_url.rb
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/dragonfly/job/fetch_url.rb
+++ b/lib/dragonfly/job/fetch_url.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ module Dragonfly
         if data_uri?
           update_from_data_uri
         else
-          data = get(URI.escape(URI.unescape(url)))
+          data = get(url)
           job.content.update(data, 'name' => filename)
         end
       end
no need to escape/unescape - just pass through the url