diff --git a/plugins/urls.py b/plugins/urls.py
index c2eb2dc..da935bf 100644
--- a/plugins/urls.py
+++ b/plugins/urls.py
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 from util import hook, urlnorm, http
 
 ignore = ['buttbot']
-is_gd  = 'http://is.gd/create.php?format=simple&url=%s'
 
 @hook.regex(r'([a-zA-Z]+://|www\.)[^ ]+')
 def show_title(match, nick='', chan='', say=None):
-    url     = urlnorm.normalize(match.group().encode('utf-8'))
+    matched = match.group().encode('utf-8')
+    url     = urlnorm.normalize(matched)
 
     if not url in ignore and not nick in ignore:
         page, response = http.get_html_and_response(url)
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ def show_title(match, nick='', chan='', say=None):
                     message   = 'URL title: %s' % (''.join(titleList))
 
         if len(url) >= 80:
-            # Get the short URL.
-            short_url = http.get(is_gd % (url))
+            short_url = http.get(
+                'http://is.gd/create.php',
+                query_params = {'format': 'simple', 'url': matched}
+            )
 
             # Cheap error checking
             if 'error: please' not in short_url.lower():