diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 08da918..6daafd4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
 * Change Kodi show nfo remove tags 'id'
 * Change output non valid xml that Kodi will accept
 * Change remove redundant py26 version check
+* Fix reduce quote usage to optional
 
 
 [develop changelog]
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/generic.py b/sickbeard/providers/generic.py
index c382daa..364d28c 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/generic.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/generic.py
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ class GenericProvider(object):
 
         return title, url
 
-    def _link(self, url, url_tmpl=None):
+    def _link(self, url, url_tmpl=None, url_quote=None):
 
         if url:
             if PY2:
@@ -878,7 +878,8 @@ class GenericProvider(object):
         # noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
         return url if re.match('(?i)(https?://|magnet:)', url) \
             else (url_tmpl or self.urls.get('get', (getattr(self, 'url', '') or
-                                                    getattr(self, 'url_base')) + '%s')) % quote(url).lstrip('/')
+                                                    getattr(self, 'url_base')) + '%s')) % (
+                not url_quote and url or quote(url)).lstrip('/')
 
     @staticmethod
     def _header_row(table_row, custom_match=None, custom_tags=None, header_strip=''):
diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/torrentleech.py b/sickbeard/providers/torrentleech.py
index 0158f92..66ae3e5 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/torrentleech.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/torrentleech.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ from bs4_parser import BS4Parser
 from _23 import unidecode
 from six import iteritems
 
+from six import PY2
+
 
 class TorrentLeechProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
     def __init__(self):
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ class TorrentLeechProvider(generic.TorrentProvider):
                                 info = tr.find('td', class_='name').a
                                 title = (info.attrs.get('title') or info.get_text()).strip()
                                 size = cells[head['size']].get_text().strip()
-                                download_url = self._link(dl)
+                                download_url = self._link(dl, url_quote=PY2 and isinstance(dl, unicode) or None)
                             except (AttributeError, TypeError, ValueError):
                                 continue