diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/gis/util/GetResponseRecordFilter.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/gis/util/GetResponseRecordFilter.java
index afc682e..7c1a4d2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/gis/util/GetResponseRecordFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/datatransfer/resolver/gis/util/GetResponseRecordFilter.java
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -328,7 +330,13 @@ public class GetResponseRecordFilter {
 		String ownerName = null;
 		HTTPCallsUtils httpCall = new HTTPCallsUtils();
 		String queryURL = geonetworkURL.endsWith("/")?geonetworkURL:geonetworkURL+"/";
-		queryURL+=XML_METADATA_GET_SERVICE+"?uuid="+fileIdentifier;
+		try {
+			queryURL+=XML_METADATA_GET_SERVICE+"?uuid="+URLEncoder.encode(fileIdentifier, "UTF-8");
+		}
+		catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e1) {
+			queryURL+=XML_METADATA_GET_SERVICE+"?uuid="+fileIdentifier;
+		}
+
 		HttpResponse response;
 		try {
 			logger.trace("Performing query: "+queryURL);