diff --git a/app/views/shared/_social_share.html.erb b/app/views/shared/_social_share.html.erb
index 00d94ce5c..116e15ec1 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_social_share.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/shared/_social_share.html.erb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <% end %>
 <div class="social-share-full">
   <%= social_share_button_tag("#{title} #{setting['twitter_hashtag']}") %>
-  <a href="whatsapp://send?text=<%= title.gsub(/\s|"|'/, '%20') %>&nbsp;<%= url %>"
+  <a href="whatsapp://send?text=<%= CGI.escape(title) %>&nbsp;<%= url %>"
      class="show-for-small-only" data-action="share/whatsapp/share">
     <span class="icon-whatsapp whatsapp"></span>
     <span class="show-for-sr"><%= t("social.whatsapp") %></span>