diff --git a/clients/sellingpartner-api-aa-java/src/com/amazon/SellingPartnerAPIAA/SignableRequestImpl.java b/clients/sellingpartner-api-aa-java/src/com/amazon/SellingPartnerAPIAA/SignableRequestImpl.java
index 9e0d196..636634a 100644
--- a/clients/sellingpartner-api-aa-java/src/com/amazon/SellingPartnerAPIAA/SignableRequestImpl.java
+++ b/clients/sellingpartner-api-aa-java/src/com/amazon/SellingPartnerAPIAA/SignableRequestImpl.java
@@ -73,13 +73,8 @@ class SignableRequestImpl implements SignableRequest<Request> {
 
     @Override
     public String getResourcePath() {
-        try {
-            return originalRequest.url()
-                    .toURI()
-                    .getPath();
-        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
+        return originalRequest.url()
+                .getPath();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/clients/sellingpartner-api-aa-java/tst/com/amazon/SellingPartnerAPIAA/SignableRequestImplTest.java b/clients/sellingpartner-api-aa-java/tst/com/amazon/SellingPartnerAPIAA/SignableRequestImplTest.java
index f370944..c6a87de 100644
--- a/clients/sellingpartner-api-aa-java/tst/com/amazon/SellingPartnerAPIAA/SignableRequestImplTest.java
+++ b/clients/sellingpartner-api-aa-java/tst/com/amazon/SellingPartnerAPIAA/SignableRequestImplTest.java
@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ public class SignableRequestImplTest {
         assertEquals("/request/library", underTest.getResourcePath());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void getResourcePathWithPoundChar() {
+        testRequest = new Request.Builder()
+                .url("http://www.amazon.com/request/%23library")
+                .get()
+                .build();
+        underTest = new SignableRequestImpl(testRequest);
+
+        assertEquals("/request/%23library", underTest.getResourcePath());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void noTimeOffset() {
         assertEquals(0, underTest.getTimeOffset());