diff --git a/lib/libnetwork.lib.in b/lib/libnetwork.lib.in
index 673332a..8753db1 100644
--- a/lib/libnetwork.lib.in
+++ b/lib/libnetwork.lib.in
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ getting list of files from"" \`${NOTE}$currurl/${NORM}'..."
       notify.debug "$FUNCNAME: curl return code: $retval"
 
       case "$retval" in
-        0) sed -i 's/\x0D$//' $currflist
+        0) sed -i 's/\x0D$//;/%2B/+/g' $currflist
            flist[$i]="$currflist" ;;
         6) notify.warning $"couldn't resolve host"
            let "errors += 1" ;;
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ ${proxy:+ --proxy ***}${proxy_user:+ --proxy-user ***}"
       esac
 
       if [ -s "$flist" ]; then
-         sed -i 's/\x0D$//' $flist
+         sed -i 's/\x0D$//;s/%2B/+/g' $flist
          case $currurl in
          ftp://*|http://*|https://*)
             for pck_name in ${pck_names[@]}; do