diff --git a/src/onedb/onedb_backend.rb b/src/onedb/onedb_backend.rb
index 1135dfb956..a4a5169f62 100644
--- a/src/onedb/onedb_backend.rb
+++ b/src/onedb/onedb_backend.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 require 'time'
 require 'rubygems'
+require 'cgi'
 
 begin
     require 'sequel'
@@ -284,7 +285,9 @@ class BackEndMySQL < OneDBBacKEnd
     private
 
     def connect_db
-        endpoint = "mysql://#{@user}:#{@passwd}@#{@server}:#{@port}/#{@db_name}"
+        passwd = CGI.escape(@passwd)
+
+        endpoint = "mysql://#{@user}:#{passwd}@#{@server}:#{@port}/#{@db_name}"
 
         begin
             @db = Sequel.connect(endpoint)
@@ -337,4 +340,4 @@ class BackEndSQLite < OneDBBacKEnd
             raise "Error connecting to DB: " + e.message
         end
     end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end