diff --git a/.forgejo/bin/create_issue.sh b/.forgejo/bin/create_issue.sh
index 9a2d9a3..a4526e9 100755
--- a/.forgejo/bin/create_issue.sh
+++ b/.forgejo/bin/create_issue.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ does_it_exist() {
 	repo=$4
 
 	query="$repo/$name: upgrade to $upstream_version"
-	query="$(echo $query | sed 's| |%20|g')"
+	query="$(echo $query | sed 's| |%20|g' | sed 's|:|%3A|g' | sed 's|/|%2F|g' )"
 
 	result="$(curl --silent -X 'GET' \
 		"$GITHUB_SERVER_URL/api/v1/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/issues?state=open&q=$query&type=issues" \
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ is_it_old() {
 	upstream_version=$3
 	repo=$4
 
+	query="$repo/$name: upgrade to $upstream_version"
+	query="$(echo $query | sed 's| |%20|g' | sed 's|:|%3A|g' | sed 's|/|%2F|g' )"
+
 	result="$(curl --silent -X 'GET' \
-		"$GITHUB_SERVER_URL/api/v1/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/issues?state=open&q=$name&type=issues" \
+		"$GITHUB_SERVER_URL/api/v1/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/issues?state=open&q=$query&type=issues" \
 		-H 'accept: application/json' \
 		-H "authorization: Basic $FORGEJO_TOKEN"
 	)"
@@ -107,7 +110,6 @@ if [ -f out_of_date ]; then
 		fi
 
 		id=$(is_it_old $name $downstream_version $upstream_version $repo)
-		echo $id 
 	
 		if [  "$id" != "0" ] && [ -n "$id" ]; then
 			echo "Issue for $repo/$name needs updating"
@@ -141,7 +143,7 @@ if [ -f not_in_anitya ]; then
 				\"title\": \"Add missing $repo packages to anitya\",
 				\"body\": \"- [ ] $(sed '{:q;N;s/\n/\\n- [ ] /g;t q}' not_in_anitya)\"
 			}")
-		echo $result
+
 	else
 		echo "Updating anitya issue"
 		result_id="$(echo $result | jq -r '.[].number' )"