diff --git a/replibyte/src/config.rs b/replibyte/src/config.rs
index 547f12cc..b6d5e2e6 100644
--- a/replibyte/src/config.rs
+++ b/replibyte/src/config.rs
@@ -424,7 +424,9 @@ fn get_username(url: &Url) -> Result<String, Error> {
 
 fn get_password(url: &Url) -> Result<String, Error> {
     match url.password() {
-        Some(password) => Ok(password.to_string()),
+        Some(password) => Ok(percent_decode_str(&password)
+			.decode_utf8_lossy()
+			.to_string()),
         None => Ok(String::new()), // no password
     }
 }
@@ -619,6 +621,20 @@ mod tests {
         )
     }
 
+	#[test]
+    fn parse_postgres_connection_uri_with_password_with_special_chars_db() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            parse_connection_uri("postgres://root:%aqdz^e@localhost:5432/db").unwrap(),
+            ConnectionUri::Postgres(
+                "localhost".to_string(),
+                5432,
+                "root".to_string(),
+                "%aqdz^e".to_string(),
+                "db".to_string(),
+            ),
+        )
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn parse_mongodb_connection_uri() {
         assert!(parse_connection_uri("mongodb://root:password").is_err());