diff --git a/code/__DEFINES/rust_g_overrides.dm b/code/__DEFINES/rust_g_overrides.dm
index 43baeefa635..57de7d96acd 100644
--- a/code/__DEFINES/rust_g_overrides.dm
+++ b/code/__DEFINES/rust_g_overrides.dm
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 // RUSTG_OVERRIDE_BUILTINS is not used since the file APIs don't work well over Linux.
-#define url_encode(text) rustg_url_encode(text)
-#define url_decode(text) rustg_url_decode(text)
+#define url_encode(text) rustg_url_encode("[text]")
+#define url_decode(text) rustg_url_decode("[text]")