diff --git a/rfc6238.php b/rfc6238.php
index 78b0e660..a4a7c0e5 100644
--- a/rfc6238.php
+++ b/rfc6238.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     public static function getBarCodeUrl($app_name, $email, $secretkey, $issuer) {
       $url = "http://chart.apis.google.com/chart";
       $url = $url."?chs=200x200&chld=M|0&cht=qr&chl=otpauth://totp/";
-      $url = $url.$app_name . ": " . rawurlencode($email) . "%3Fsecret%3D" . $secretkey . '%26issuer%3D' . rawurlencode($issuer);
+      $url = $url.$app_name . ": " . $email . "%3Fsecret%3D" . $secretkey . '%26issuer%3D' . rawurlencode($issuer);
 
       return $url;
     }