diff --git a/frigate/test/test_camera_pw_clean.py b/frigate/test/test_camera_pw.py
similarity index 51%
rename from frigate/test/test_camera_pw_clean.py
rename to frigate/test/test_camera_pw.py
index f7c273d34..37ce2fa86 100644
--- a/frigate/test/test_camera_pw_clean.py
+++ b/frigate/test/test_camera_pw.py
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 
 import unittest
 
-from frigate.util import clean_camera_user_pass
+from frigate.util import clean_camera_user_pass, escape_special_characters
 
 
 class TestUserPassCleanup(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self) -> None:
         self.rtsp_with_pass = "rtsp://user:password@192.168.0.2:554/live"
+        self.rtsp_with_special_pass = "rtsp://user:password#$@@192.168.0.2:554/live"
         self.rtsp_no_pass = "rtsp://192.168.0.3:554/live"
 
     def test_cleanup(self):
@@ -20,3 +21,13 @@ class TestUserPassCleanup(unittest.TestCase):
         """Test that nothing changes when no user / pass are defined."""
         clean = clean_camera_user_pass(self.rtsp_no_pass)
         assert clean == self.rtsp_no_pass
+
+    def test_special_char_password(self):
+        """Test that special characters in pw are escaped, but not others."""
+        escaped = escape_special_characters(self.rtsp_with_special_pass)
+        assert escaped == "rtsp://user:password%23%24%40@192.168.0.2:554/live"
+
+    def test_no_special_char_password(self):
+        """Test that no change is made to path with no special characters."""
+        escaped = escape_special_characters(self.rtsp_with_pass)
+        assert escaped == self.rtsp_with_pass
diff --git a/frigate/util.py b/frigate/util.py
index 294e3b8dc..b6c7b9880 100755
--- a/frigate/util.py
+++ b/frigate/util.py
@@ -633,7 +633,6 @@ def escape_special_characters(path: str) -> str:
     try:
         found = re.search(REGEX_CAMERA_USER_PASS, path).group(0)[:-1]
         pw = found[(found.index(":") + 1) :]
-        logger.error(f"Found {found} and pw {pw}")
         return path.replace(pw, urllib.parse.quote_plus(pw))
     except AttributeError:
         # path does not have user:pass