diff --git a/app/services/podcasts/get_media_url.rb b/app/services/podcasts/get_media_url.rb
index ebb355e86..f4bcb0afc 100644
--- a/app/services/podcasts/get_media_url.rb
+++ b/app/services/podcasts/get_media_url.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ module Podcasts
     end
 
     def url_reachable?(url)
+      url = Addressable::URI.parse(url).normalize.to_s
       HTTParty.head(url).code == 200
     rescue Net::OpenTimeout, SystemCallError
       false
diff --git a/spec/services/podcasts/get_media_url_spec.rb b/spec/services/podcasts/get_media_url_spec.rb
index da8116e14..54bbf6f36 100644
--- a/spec/services/podcasts/get_media_url_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/podcasts/get_media_url_spec.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 require "rails_helper"
 
 RSpec.describe Podcasts::GetMediaUrl do
-  let(:https_url) { "https://hello.example.com" }
-  let(:http_url) { "http://hello.example.com" }
+  let(:https_url) { "https://hello.example.com/" }
+  let(:http_url) { "http://hello.example.com/" }
 
   it "https, reachable" do
     stub_request(:head, https_url).to_return(status: 200)
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ RSpec.describe Podcasts::GetMediaUrl do
     expect(result.url).to eq(https_url)
   end
 
+  it "normalizes url" do
+    url = "https://hello.example.com/hi%20there.mp3"
+    stub_request(:head, url).to_return(status: 200)
+    result = described_class.call(url)
+    expect(result.https).to be true
+    expect(result.reachable).to be true
+    expect(result.url).to eq(url)
+  end
+
   it "https, unrechable" do
     stub_request(:head, https_url).to_return(status: 404)
     result = described_class.call(https_url)