diff --git a/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py b/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
index 89d9512317..383a154eff 100644
--- a/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
+++ b/src/calibre/customize/builtins.py
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ class StoreWizardsTowerBooksStore(StoreBase):
 class StoreWoblinkStore(StoreBase):
     name = 'Woblink'
     author = 'Tomasz Długosz'
-    description = _('Czytanie zdarza się wszędzie!')
+    description = u'Czytanie zdarza się wszędzie!'
     actual_plugin = 'calibre.gui2.store.woblink_plugin:WoblinkStore'
 
     drm_free_only = False
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/store/woblink_plugin.py b/src/calibre/gui2/store/woblink_plugin.py
index 9659f72fd1..69be8f2e94 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/store/woblink_plugin.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/store/woblink_plugin.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class WoblinkStore(BasicStoreConfig, StorePlugin):
             d.exec_()
 
     def search(self, query, max_results=10, timeout=60):
-        url = 'http://woblink.com/publication?query' + urllib.quote_plus(query.encode('utf-8'))
+        url = 'http://woblink.com/publication?query=' + urllib.quote_plus(query.encode('utf-8'))
 
         br = browser()