diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
index 5772eb85..1a25af18 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AbstractRipper.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractRipper
 
     public abstract void rip() throws IOException, URISyntaxException;
     public abstract String getHost();
-    public abstract String getGID(URL url) throws MalformedURLException;
+    public abstract String getGID(URL url) throws MalformedURLException, URISyntaxException;
     public boolean hasASAPRipping() { return false; }
     // Everytime addUrlToDownload skips a already downloaded url this increases by 1
     public int alreadyDownloadedUrls = 0;
@@ -551,7 +551,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractRipper
      *      If any of those damned URLs gets malformed.
      */
     public String getAlbumTitle(URL url) throws MalformedURLException {
-        return getHost() + "_" + getGID(url);
+        try {
+            return getHost() + "_" + getGID(url);
+        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+            throw new MalformedURLException(e.getMessage());
+        }
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AlbumRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AlbumRipper.java
index f952d010..96c352f5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AlbumRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/AlbumRipper.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public abstract class AlbumRipper extends AbstractRipper {
     public abstract URL sanitizeURL(URL url) throws MalformedURLException, URISyntaxException;
     public abstract void rip() throws IOException;
     public abstract String getHost();
-    public abstract String getGID(URL url) throws MalformedURLException;
+    public abstract String getGID(URL url) throws MalformedURLException, URISyntaxException;
 
     protected boolean allowDuplicates() {
         return false;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/RipperInterface.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/RipperInterface.java
index cc994549..67572898 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/RipperInterface.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/RipperInterface.java
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ interface RipperInterface {
     URL sanitizeURL(URL url) throws MalformedURLException, URISyntaxException;
     void setWorkingDir(URL url) throws IOException;
     String getHost();
-    String getGID(URL url) throws MalformedURLException;
+    String getGID(URL url) throws MalformedURLException, URISyntaxException;
 }
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diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/ImgurRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/ImgurRipper.java
index a9aca156..b383b97e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/ImgurRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/ImgurRipper.java
@@ -86,7 +86,12 @@ public class ImgurRipper extends AlbumRipper {
     }
 
     public String getAlbumTitle(URL url) throws MalformedURLException {
-        String gid = getGID(url);
+        String gid = null;
+        try {
+            gid = getGID(url);
+        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+            throw new MalformedURLException(e.getMessage());
+        }
         if (this.albumType == ALBUM_TYPE.ALBUM) {
             try {
                 // Attempt to use album title as GID
@@ -459,7 +464,7 @@ public class ImgurRipper extends AlbumRipper {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public String getGID(URL url) throws MalformedURLException {
+    public String getGID(URL url) throws MalformedURLException, URISyntaxException {
         Pattern p;
         Matcher m;
 
@@ -469,7 +474,7 @@ public class ImgurRipper extends AlbumRipper {
             // Imgur album or gallery
             albumType = ALBUM_TYPE.ALBUM;
             String gid = m.group(m.groupCount());
-            this.url = new URL("http://imgur.com/a/" + gid);
+            this.url = new URI("http://imgur.com/a/" + gid).toURL();
             return gid;
         }
         p = Pattern.compile("^https?://(www\\.|m\\.)?imgur\\.com/(a|gallery|t)/[a-zA-Z0-9]*/([a-zA-Z0-9]{5,}).*$");
@@ -478,7 +483,7 @@ public class ImgurRipper extends AlbumRipper {
             // Imgur album or gallery
             albumType = ALBUM_TYPE.ALBUM;
             String gid = m.group(m.groupCount());
-            this.url = new URL("http://imgur.com/a/" + gid);
+            this.url = new URI("http://imgur.com/a/" + gid).toURL();
             return gid;
         }
         p = Pattern.compile("^https?://([a-zA-Z0-9\\-]{3,})\\.imgur\\.com/?$");
@@ -526,7 +531,7 @@ public class ImgurRipper extends AlbumRipper {
             albumType = ALBUM_TYPE.ALBUM;
             String subreddit = m.group(m.groupCount() - 1);
             String gid = m.group(m.groupCount());
-            this.url = new URL("http://imgur.com/r/" + subreddit + "/" + gid);
+            this.url = new URI("http://imgur.com/r/" + subreddit + "/" + gid).toURL();
             return "r_" + subreddit + "_" + gid;
         }
         p = Pattern.compile("^https?://(i\\.|www\\.|m\\.)?imgur\\.com/([a-zA-Z0-9]{5,})$");