diff --git a/config/settings.py b/config/settings.py
index 7be80b1..b042085 100644
--- a/config/settings.py
+++ b/config/settings.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Django settings will use prefix of DJANGO_ for environment variables.
 import os
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
+from urllib.parse import quote
 
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ INFERENCE_PORT = os.getenv('INFERENCE_PORT', '8001')
 INFERENCE_PROTOCOL = os.getenv('INFERENCE_PROTOCOL', 'http')
 INFERENCE_USERNAME = os.getenv('INFERENCE_USERNAME', 'admin')
 INFERENCE_PASSWORD = os.getenv('INFERENCE_PASSWORD', 'changeme')
-INFERENCE_URL = f"{INFERENCE_PROTOCOL}://{INFERENCE_USERNAME}:{INFERENCE_PASSWORD}@{INFERENCE_HOST}:{INFERENCE_PORT}"
+INFERENCE_URL = f"{INFERENCE_PROTOCOL}://{quote(INFERENCE_USERNAME, safe='')}:{quote(INFERENCE_PASSWORD, safe='')}@{INFERENCE_HOST}:{INFERENCE_PORT}"
 INFERENCE_SEMANTIC_CHUNK_ENDPOINT = f"{INFERENCE_URL}/v1/semantic-chunk"
 INFERENCE_EMBEDDINGS_ENDPOINT = f"{INFERENCE_URL}/v1/embeddings"
 INFERENCE_CHAT_COMPLETIONS_ENDPOINT = f"{INFERENCE_URL}/v1/chat/completions"