diff --git a/load-image.js b/load-image.js
index 30ec726a..6425f736 100644
--- a/load-image.js
+++ b/load-image.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function makeRequest(url, resolve, reject, redirectCount, requestOptions) {
   const lib = isHttps ? (!https ? (https = require('https')) : https) : !http ? (http = require('http')) : http
 
   lib
-    .get(url, requestOptions || {}, (res) => {
+    .get(url.toString(), requestOptions || {}, (res) => {
       const shouldRedirect = REDIRECT_STATUSES.has(res.statusCode) && typeof res.headers.location === 'string'
       if (shouldRedirect && redirectCount > 0)
         return makeRequest(new URL(res.headers.location), resolve, reject, redirectCount - 1, requestOptions)