diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/douban.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/douban.py
index 3c6bb7b6c7..8a95c4ed6b 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/douban.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/sources/douban.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class Douban(Source):
                     'q': q,
                     })
         if self.DOUBAN_API_KEY and self.DOUBAN_API_KEY != '':
-            url = url + "?apikey=" + self.DOUBAN_API_KEY
+            url = url + "&apikey=" + self.DOUBAN_API_KEY
         return url
     # }}}