diff --git a/pi/monitor.py b/pi/monitor.py
index 0bfe090..5d37f82 100644
--- a/pi/monitor.py
+++ b/pi/monitor.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from Cryptodome.PublicKey import RSA
 from Cryptodome.Cipher import PKCS1_OAEP
 
+import urllib
 import urllib2
 
 import traceback
@@ -55,7 +56,9 @@
             print " open " + url
             response = urllib2.urlopen(url)
 
-            enc_verify = base64.b64decode(response.read())
+            responseStr = response.read()
+            print "Response: " + responseStr
+            enc_verify = base64.b64decode(responseStr)
 
             verify = rsa.decrypt(enc_verify)
 
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@
 
             print " verifying with: " + verify
 
-            url = url_base + "verify-status" + ext + "?door_id=" + str(id) + "&verify=" + verify
+            url = url_base + "verify-status" + ext + "?door_id=" + str(id) + "&verify=" + urllib.quote(verify)
             print " open " + url
             response = urllib2.urlopen(url)
             print " returned: " + response.read()