diff --git a/apps/weather_status/lib/Service/WeatherStatusService.php b/apps/weather_status/lib/Service/WeatherStatusService.php
index 5b1d926f0909b..b334a5e3ba310 100644
--- a/apps/weather_status/lib/Service/WeatherStatusService.php
+++ b/apps/weather_status/lib/Service/WeatherStatusService.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  * @author Julien Veyssier <eneiluj@posteo.net>
  * @author Roeland Jago Douma <roeland@famdouma.nl>
  *
- * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ * @license AGPL-3.0-or-later
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
@@ -310,13 +310,14 @@ public function setAddress(string $address): array {
 	 */
 	private function searchForAddress(string $address): array {
 		$params = [
+			'q' => $address,
 			'format' => 'json',
 			'addressdetails' => '1',
 			'extratags' => '1',
 			'namedetails' => '1',
 			'limit' => '1',
 		];
-		$url = 'https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search/' . $address;
+		$url = 'https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search';
 		$results = $this->requestJSON($url, $params);
 		if (count($results) > 0) {
 			return $results[0];