diff --git a/config/settings.py b/config/settings.py
index b042085..8b4c4f5 100644
--- a/config/settings.py
+++ b/config/settings.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ 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
 
 BASE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
@@ -31,7 +29,7 @@ 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}://{quote(INFERENCE_USERNAME, safe='')}:{quote(INFERENCE_PASSWORD, safe='')}@{INFERENCE_HOST}:{INFERENCE_PORT}"
+INFERENCE_URL = f"{INFERENCE_PROTOCOL}://{INFERENCE_USERNAME}:{INFERENCE_PASSWORD}@{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"