diff --git a/frontend/src/components/copylink.jsx b/frontend/src/components/copylink.jsx
index 680b054..3d4cba6 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/copylink.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/copylink.jsx
@@ -39,9 +39,10 @@ const CopyLink = ({ filePath }) => {
   const [showToast, setShowToast] = useState(false);
 
   const copyWithAuth = async () => {
-    const target = new URLSearchParams();
-    target.append("target", filePath);
-    const response = await fetch(`/api/single-use?${target.toString()}`, {
+    const encodedFilePath = encodeURI(
+      filePath.startsWith('/') ? filePath : `/${filePath}`
+    );
+    const response = await fetch(`/api/single-use?target=${encodedFilePath}`, {
       headers: {
         Accept: "application/json",
         Authorization: `Bearer ${jwt}`,
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ const CopyLink = ({ filePath }) => {
     await copyToClipboard(
       `${window.location.protocol}//${window.location.hostname}${
         window.location.port == "" ? "" : `:${window.location.port}`
-      }/api/stream${filePath}?${auth.toString()}`,
+      }/api/stream${encodedFilePath}?${auth.toString()}`,
     );
     setShowToast(true);
     setTimeout(() => setShowToast(false), 2000);
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/download.jsx b/frontend/src/components/download.jsx
index f1ae83c..ba5df0a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/download.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/download.jsx
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ const Download = ({ filePath }) => {
   const { jwt } = useContext(AuthContext);
 
   const downloadWithAuth = async () => {
-    const target = new URLSearchParams();
-    target.append("target", filePath);
-    const response = await fetch(`/api/single-use?${target.toString()}`, {
+    const encodedFilePath = encodeURI(
+      filePath.startsWith('/') ? filePath : `/${filePath}`
+    );
+    const response = await fetch(`/api/single-use?target=${encodedFilePath}`, {
       headers: {
         Accept: "application/json",
         Authorization: `Bearer ${jwt}`,
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ const Download = ({ filePath }) => {
     downloadFile(
       `${window.location.protocol}//${window.location.hostname}${
         window.location.port == "" ? "" : `:${window.location.port}`
-      }/api/stream${filePath}?${auth.toString()}`,
+      }/api/stream${encodedFilePath}?${auth.toString()}`,
       filePath.split("/").at(-1),
     );
   };