diff --git a/src/handler.ts b/src/handler.ts
index c24d8c4..cb29282 100644
--- a/src/handler.ts
+++ b/src/handler.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ export async function handleProxyToGoogleTakeoutRequest(
     )
   }
 
-  const originalResponse = await fetch(extracted_url.toString(), {
+  // Don't pass the original URL. The URL object will malform the `%2B` to `+`.
+  const originalResponse = await fetch(original_url_segment_stripped_processed, {
     method: request.method,
     headers: request.headers,
   })
diff --git a/test/handler.test.ts b/test/handler.test.ts
index 0e5e26a..a386d6c 100644
--- a/test/handler.test.ts
+++ b/test/handler.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
   real_azb_url,
   file_test_small_url,
   file_test_large_url,
-  small_test_string_encoded_url
+  small_test_string_encoded_url, small_test_string_plus_encoded_url
 } from './real_url'
 
 describe('handler utilities', () => {
@@ -168,6 +168,48 @@ describe('azure proxy handler', () => {
     expect(single_block_ok).toEqual('')
   })
 
+  test('handles proxying a transload request with plus in the encoded URL to azure with azure transloading from cloudflare via the proxy', async () => {
+    // Not exactly a clean unit test since it depends on a properly deployed proxy already, but it'll do.
+    const AZ_STORAGE_TEST_URL_SEGMENT = process.env.AZ_STORAGE_TEST_URL_SEGMENT
+    if (!AZ_STORAGE_TEST_URL_SEGMENT) {
+      throw new Error(
+        'AZ_STORAGE_TEST_URL_SEGMENT environment variable is not set',
+      )
+    }
+
+    // Construct the file_source_url that is proxied to the proxy
+    // "https://gtr-proxy.677472.xyz/p/" is prepended to the file_test_small_url with file_test_small_url's scheme removed.
+    const file_source_url = new URL(
+      `https://gtr-proxy.677472.xyz/p/${small_test_string_plus_encoded_url.toString().replace(
+        'https://',
+        ''
+      )}`,
+    )
+
+
+    const base_request_url = new URL(
+      `https://example.com/p-azb/${AZ_STORAGE_TEST_URL_SEGMENT}`,
+    )
+    // Change filename of request URL
+    base_request_url.pathname = base_request_url.pathname.replace(
+      'test.dat',
+      'p-azb-transload-plus-encoded-url-via-proxy.dat',
+    )
+
+    // Do a single block upload
+    const single_block_request = new Request(base_request_url, {
+      method: 'PUT',
+      headers: {
+        'x-ms-blob-type': 'BlockBlob',
+        'x-ms-copy-source': file_source_url.toString(),
+      }
+    })
+
+    const single_block_result = await handleRequest(single_block_request)
+    const single_block_ok = await single_block_result.text()
+    expect(single_block_ok).toEqual('')
+  })
+
 })
 
 describe('takeout proxy handler', () => {
diff --git a/test/real_url.ts b/test/real_url.ts
index 9ca924a..02d9b54 100644
--- a/test/real_url.ts
+++ b/test/real_url.ts
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ export const file_test_small_url = new URL("https://gtr-test.677472.xyz/10MB.bin
 export const file_test_large_url = new URL("https://gtr-test.677472.xyz/200MB.zip")
 
 export const small_test_string_encoded_url = new URL("https://put-block-from-url-esc-issue-demo-server-3vngqvvpoq-uc.a.run.app/red%252Fblue.txt/dummy.bin")
+
+export const small_test_string_plus_encoded_url = new URL("https://put-block-from-url-esc-issue-demo-server-3vngqvvpoq-uc.a.run.app/me%2Byou.txt/dummy.bin")
+