diff --git a/backend/src/controllers/login/LoginController.ts b/backend/src/controllers/login/LoginController.ts
index 73c5e22..529e9db 100644
--- a/backend/src/controllers/login/LoginController.ts
+++ b/backend/src/controllers/login/LoginController.ts
@@ -23,16 +23,16 @@ const connect_options: ConnectOptions = {
 function getRedirectUri(request: Request, response: Response) {
     const connectConfig = Config.CONNECT_CONFIG;
 
-    response.send(
-        [
-            connectConfig.BASE_URL,
-            "/oauth/authorize",
-            `?client_id=${connectConfig.CLIENT_ID}`,
-            `&redirect_uri=${encodeURI(connectConfig.REDIRECT_URI ?? "")}`,
-            "&response_type=code",
-            `&scope=${connectConfig.SCOPE.split(" ").join("+")}`,
-        ].join("")
-    );
+    const uri = [
+        connectConfig.BASE_URL,
+        "/oauth/authorize",
+        `?client_id=${connectConfig.CLIENT_ID}`,
+        `&redirect_uri=${encodeURI(connectConfig.REDIRECT_URI ?? "")}`,
+        "&response_type=code",
+        `&scope=${encodeURI(connectConfig.SCOPE.split(",").join(" "))}`,
+    ].join("")
+
+    response.send(uri);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/backend/src/libraries/vatsim/ConnectLibrary.ts b/backend/src/libraries/vatsim/ConnectLibrary.ts
index 1b3b6ba..c0c298f 100644
--- a/backend/src/libraries/vatsim/ConnectLibrary.ts
+++ b/backend/src/libraries/vatsim/ConnectLibrary.ts
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ export class VatsimConnectLibrary {
     private _validateSuppliedScopes() {
         if (this.m_suppliedScopes == null) throw new VatsimConnectException();
 
-        const required_scopes = this.m_connectOptions?.client_scopes.split(" ") as VatsimScopes;
+        const required_scopes = this.m_connectOptions?.client_scopes.split(",") as VatsimScopes;
         for (let i = 0; i < required_scopes.length; i++) {
             if (this.m_suppliedScopes.indexOf(required_scopes[i]) === -1) {
                 throw new VatsimConnectException(ConnectLibraryErrors.ERR_INV_SCOPES);