diff --git a/templates/_default/atom.xml b/templates/_default/atom.xml
index 536a31e..d702ccd 100644
--- a/templates/_default/atom.xml
+++ b/templates/_default/atom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <id>{{ .URL }}</id>
 <title>{{ .Title }}</title>
 <updated>{{ site.Generated.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00" }}</updated>
-<link href="{{ .URL }}" rel="alternate"/>
+<link href="{{ .URL | safeURL }}" rel="alternate"/>
 {{ range .Pages }}<entry>
 	<id>{{ .URL }}</id>
 	<title>{{ .Title }}</title>