diff --git a/src/main/java/pl/com/it_crowd/youtrack/api/YoutrackAPI.java b/src/main/java/pl/com/it_crowd/youtrack/api/YoutrackAPI.java
index 84caf60..208364a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/pl/com/it_crowd/youtrack/api/YoutrackAPI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/pl/com/it_crowd/youtrack/api/YoutrackAPI.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement;
 import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
 import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.security.KeyManagementException;
@@ -183,14 +184,13 @@ public class YoutrackAPI {
     {
         final URI uri;
         try {
-            uri = new URIBuilder(serviceLocation + "/rest/issue").addParameter("project", project)
-                .addParameter("summary", summary)
-                .addParameter("description", description)
-                .build();
+            uri = new URIBuilder(serviceLocation + "/rest/issue").build();
         } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
-        final HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(new HttpPut(uri));
+        final HttpPut request = createPutRequest(uri, new BasicNameValuePair("project", project), new BasicNameValuePair("summary", summary),
+            new BasicNameValuePair("description", description));
+        final HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(request);
         final StatusLine statusLine = response.getStatusLine();
         final HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
         final String responseText = entity == null ? null : EntityUtils.toString(entity);
@@ -333,6 +333,13 @@ public class YoutrackAPI {
         }
     }
 
+    private HttpPut createPutRequest(URI uri, BasicNameValuePair... nameValuePair) throws UnsupportedEncodingException
+    {
+        final HttpPut request = new HttpPut(uri);
+        request.setEntity(new UrlEncodedFormEntity(Arrays.asList(nameValuePair)));
+        return request;
+    }
+
     private String execute(HttpUriRequest request) throws IOException
     {
         final HttpResponse response = httpClient.execute(request);