diff --git a/dokuwiki.py b/dokuwiki.py
index 320238c..f5c87bd 100644
--- a/dokuwiki.py
+++ b/dokuwiki.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def __init__(self, url, user, password, **kwargs):
             raise DokuWikiError("invalid url '%s'" %  url)
 
         # Set auth string or transport for cookie based authentication.
-        auth = '{:s}:{:s}@'.format(user, quote(password))
+        auth = '{:s}:{:s}@'.format(user, quote(password, safe = ''))
         cookie_auth = kwargs.pop('cookieAuth', False)
         if cookie_auth:
             auth = ''