diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_httapi/mod_httapi.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_httapi/mod_httapi.c
index abcf430473..e45170d583 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_httapi/mod_httapi.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_httapi/mod_httapi.c
@@ -2078,7 +2078,7 @@ SWITCH_STANDARD_APP(httapi_function)
 	if (!zstr(data)) {
 		switch_event_create_brackets((char *)data, '{', '}', ',', &params, &parsed, SWITCH_TRUE);
 		if (!switch_event_get_header(params, "url") && !zstr(parsed) && switch_stristr("://", parsed)) {
-			switch_event_add_header(params, SWITCH_STACK_BOTTOM, "url", parsed);
+			switch_event_add_header(params, SWITCH_STACK_BOTTOM, "url", "%s", parsed);
 		}
 	}