diff --git a/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index 6779707e7..15296a36c 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ class Connect(object):
         if conn and getattr(conn, "redurl", None):
             _ = urlparse.urlsplit(conn.redurl)
             _ = ("%s%s" % (_.path or "/", ("?%s" % _.query) if _.query else ""))
-            requestMsg = re.sub("(\n[A-Z]+ ).+?( HTTP/\d)", "\g<1>%s\g<2>" % getUnicode(_), requestMsg, 1)
+            requestMsg = re.sub("(\n[A-Z]+ ).+?( HTTP/\d)", "\g<1>%s\g<2>" % re.escape(getUnicode(_)), requestMsg, 1)
             responseMsg += "[#%d] (%d %s):\n" % (threadData.lastRequestUID, conn.code, status)
         else:
             responseMsg += "[#%d] (%d %s):\n" % (threadData.lastRequestUID, code, status)