diff --git a/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml b/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
index f4768ee..041cf74 100644
--- a/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
+++ b/resources/META-INF/plugin.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <idea-plugin version="2">
     <id>io.github.maddouri.intellij.OnlineSearch</id>
     <name>OnlineSearch</name>
-    <version>1.1.1</version>
+    <version>1.1.2</version>
     <vendor url="https://github.com/maddouri/IntelliJ-OnlineSearch"/>
 
     <description><![CDATA[
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
     <change-notes><![CDATA[
         <ul>
-            <li>Fix Issue <a href="https://github.com/maddouri/IntelliJ-OnlineSearch/issues/1">#1 (if url has #)</a>: it is now possible to use a custom "query string placeholder" for each search engine</li>
+            <li>Fix the bug caused by 1.1.1 (ill-formed URLs were generated for pre-1.1.1 users)</li>
         </ul>
     ]]>
     </change-notes>
diff --git a/src/io/github/maddouri/intellij/OnlineSearch/action/LaunchSearchAction.java b/src/io/github/maddouri/intellij/OnlineSearch/action/LaunchSearchAction.java
index 3217bcf..ed8a1bb 100644
--- a/src/io/github/maddouri/intellij/OnlineSearch/action/LaunchSearchAction.java
+++ b/src/io/github/maddouri/intellij/OnlineSearch/action/LaunchSearchAction.java
@@ -87,9 +87,7 @@ private void launchSearch(final String query) {
         }
 
         try {
-            final String encodedQuery = URLEncoder.encode(query, "UTF-8");
-            final String uriString    = searchEngine.url.replace(searchEngine.queryPlaceholder,
-                                                                 encodedQuery);
+            final String uriString = searchEngine.generateSearchUri(query);
 
             BrowserLauncher.getInstance().open(uriString);
 
diff --git a/src/io/github/maddouri/intellij/OnlineSearch/state/PluginSettings.java b/src/io/github/maddouri/intellij/OnlineSearch/state/PluginSettings.java
index 8517efd..ea00f7f 100644
--- a/src/io/github/maddouri/intellij/OnlineSearch/state/PluginSettings.java
+++ b/src/io/github/maddouri/intellij/OnlineSearch/state/PluginSettings.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 /** The plugin's settings. (mainly the list of search engines)
@@ -48,6 +50,16 @@ public SearchEngine(String name, String url, String queryPlaceholder) {
             this.url              = url;
             this.queryPlaceholder = queryPlaceholder;
         }
+
+        public String generateSearchUri(final String query) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+            final String encodedQuery = URLEncoder.encode(query, "UTF-8");
+
+            if (queryPlaceholder == null || queryPlaceholder.equals("")) {  // fix for the 1.1.1 bug causing a ill-formed URI to be generated
+                return url.replace(DEFAULT_QUERY_PLACEHOLDER, encodedQuery);
+            } else {
+                return url.replace(queryPlaceholder, encodedQuery);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     @com.intellij.util.xmlb.annotations.Transient  // exclude from state