diff --git a/Front.dfm b/Front.dfm
index bf888c6..3f7d863 100644
--- a/Front.dfm
+++ b/Front.dfm
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ object FrontForm: TFrontForm
       Height = 13
       Align = alBottom
       Alignment = taCenter
-      Caption = #169' 2002-2022 Eric Fredricksen - v6.4.1'
+      Caption = #169' 2002-2022 Eric Fredricksen - v6.4.2'
       Color = clWhite
       Font.Charset = DEFAULT_CHARSET
       Font.Color = 11382189
diff --git a/Main.pas b/Main.pas
index e09a5ae..1766d3b 100644
--- a/Main.pas
+++ b/Main.pas
@@ -1680,7 +1680,7 @@ end;
 function TMainForm.AuthenticateUrl(url: String): String;
 begin
   if (GetLogin <> '') or (GetPassword <> '') then
-    Result := StuffString(url, 8, 0, GetLogin+':'+GetPassword+'@')
+    Result := StuffString(url, 8, 0, UrlEncode(GetLogin)+':'+UrlEncode(GetPassword)+'@')
   else
     Result := url;
 end;
diff --git a/NewGuy.pas b/NewGuy.pas
index 72ae5c9..eb0bc97 100644
--- a/NewGuy.pas
+++ b/NewGuy.pas
@@ -184,15 +184,15 @@ begin
         else url := 'http://www.progressquest.com/create.php?';
         // url := StringReplace(url, '.com/', '.com/dev/', []);
         if (GetAccount <> '') or (GetPassword <> '') then
-          url := StuffString(url, 8, 0, GetAccount+':'+GetPassword+'@');
+          url := StuffString(url, 8, 0, UrlEncode(GetAccount)+':'+UrlEncode(GetPassword)+'@');
         args := 'cmd=create' +
                 '&name=' + UrlEncode(Name.Text) +
                 '&realm=' + UrlEncode(MainForm.GetHostName) +
                 RevString;
         ParseSoldResponse(DownloadString(url + args));
       except
-        on EWebError do begin
-          ShowMessage('Error connecting to server');
+        on E: EWebError do begin
+          ShowMessage('Error connecting to server')//: ' + StringReplace(E.Message, '&', '&&', [rfReplaceAll]));
         end;
       end;
     finally