diff --git a/lib/tasks/import_papers.rake b/lib/tasks/import_papers.rake
index d5ffd52..04dfd97 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/import_papers.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/import_papers.rake
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ desc 'Import Paper records from setup importers'
 task import_papers: :environment do
   require 'open-uri'
   api_key = Rails.application.config_for(:morph)["key"]
-  uri = "https://api.morph.io/ahx/city_council_leipzig_recent_papers/data.json?key=#{api_key}&query=select%20*%20from%20%27data%27"
+  uri = URI.parse("https://api.morph.io/ahx/city_council_leipzig_recent_papers/data.json?key=#{api_key}&query=select%20*%20from%20%27data%27")
   Paper.import_from_json(uri.read)
 end