diff --git a/lib/neography/rest/node_labels.rb b/lib/neography/rest/node_labels.rb
index 27968eb..85ab331 100644
--- a/lib/neography/rest/node_labels.rb
+++ b/lib/neography/rest/node_labels.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class NodeLabels
       add_path :base,      "/labels"
       add_path :node,      "/node/:id/labels"
       add_path :nodes,     "/label/:label/nodes"
-      add_path :find,      "/label/:label/nodes?:property=%22:value%22"
+      add_path :find,      "/label/:label/nodes?:property=:value"
       add_path :delete,    "/node/:id/labels/:label"
 
       def initialize(connection)
diff --git a/lib/neography/rest/paths.rb b/lib/neography/rest/paths.rb
index b322542..622f6e0 100644
--- a/lib/neography/rest/paths.rb
+++ b/lib/neography/rest/paths.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ def add_path(key, path)
 
       def build_path(path, attributes)
         path.gsub(/:([\w_]*)/) do
-          encode(attributes[$1.to_sym].to_s)
+            if $1.to_sym == :value and attributes[$1.to_sym].class == String
+                encode("%22"+attributes[$1.to_sym].to_s+"%22")
+            else
+                encode(attributes[$1.to_sym].to_s)
+            end
         end
       end