diff --git a/Jellyfin.Server/Middleware/UrlDecodeQueryFeature.cs b/Jellyfin.Server/Middleware/UrlDecodeQueryFeature.cs
index 804e58b5ac..f1b47ce33a 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Server/Middleware/UrlDecodeQueryFeature.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Server/Middleware/UrlDecodeQueryFeature.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.Middleware
                 // Unencode and re-parse querystring.
                 var unencodedKey = HttpUtility.UrlDecode(key);
 
-                if (string.Equals(unencodedKey, key, System.StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                if (string.Equals(unencodedKey, key, StringComparison.Ordinal))
                 {
                     // Don't do anything if it's not encoded.
                     _store = value;
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ namespace Jellyfin.Server.Middleware
                     if (i == -1)
                     {
                         // encoded is an equals.
-                        pairs.Add(pair[..i].ToString(), StringValues.Empty);
+                        pairs.Add(pair.ToString(), StringValues.Empty);
                         continue;
                     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Jellyfin.Server.Tests/UrlDecodeQueryFeatureTests.cs b/tests/Jellyfin.Server.Tests/UrlDecodeQueryFeatureTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0eac138a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Jellyfin.Server.Tests/UrlDecodeQueryFeatureTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using Jellyfin.Server.Middleware;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Jellyfin.Server.Tests
+{
+    public static class UrlDecodeQueryFeatureTests
+    {
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("e0a72cb2a2c7", "e0a72cb2a2c7")] // isn't encoded
+        [InlineData("random+test", "random test")] // encoded
+        [InlineData("random%20test", "random test")] // encoded
+        public static void EmptyValueTest(string query, string key)
+        {
+            var dict = new Dictionary<string, StringValues>
+            {
+                { query, StringValues.Empty }
+            };
+            var test = new UrlDecodeQueryFeature(new QueryFeature(new QueryCollection(dict)));
+            Assert.Single(test.Query);
+            var (k, v) = test.Query.First();
+            Assert.Equal(k, key);
+            Assert.Empty(v);
+        }
+    }
+}