diff --git a/app/server/modules/notifications/__tests__/notification-builders.test.ts b/app/server/modules/notifications/__tests__/notification-builders.test.ts
index 13fac313..532065df 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/notifications/__tests__/notification-builders.test.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/notifications/__tests__/notification-builders.test.ts
@@ -182,19 +182,19 @@ describe("notification shoutrrr URL builders", () => {
 		expect(
 			buildTelegramShoutrrrUrl({
 				type: "telegram",
-				botToken: "bot-token",
+				botToken: "123456:ABCdef",
 				chatId: "chat-id",
 			}),
-		).toBe("telegram://bot-token@telegram?channels=chat-id");
+		).toBe("telegram://123456:ABCdef@telegram?channels=chat-id");
 
 		expect(
 			buildTelegramShoutrrrUrl({
 				type: "telegram",
-				botToken: "bot-token",
+				botToken: "123456:ABCdef",
 				chatId: "chat-id",
 				threadId: "thread-id",
 			}),
-		).toBe("telegram://bot-token@telegram?channels=chat-id%3Athread-id");
+		).toBe("telegram://123456:ABCdef@telegram?channels=chat-id:thread-id");
 	});
 
 	test("builds generic URLs with reserved params, transport flags, and headers", () => {
diff --git a/app/server/modules/notifications/builders/telegram.ts b/app/server/modules/notifications/builders/telegram.ts
index a350282c..60435ba3 100644
--- a/app/server/modules/notifications/builders/telegram.ts
+++ b/app/server/modules/notifications/builders/telegram.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import type { NotificationConfig } from "~/schemas/notifications";
 
 export const buildTelegramShoutrrrUrl = (config: Extract<NotificationConfig, { type: "telegram" }>) => {
-	const shoutrrrUrl = new URL("telegram://telegram");
-	shoutrrrUrl.username = config.botToken;
-	shoutrrrUrl.searchParams.set("channels", `${config.chatId}${config.threadId ? `:${config.threadId}` : ""}`);
-	return shoutrrrUrl.toString().replace("/?", "?");
+	let shoutrrrUrl = `telegram://${config.botToken}@telegram?channels=${config.chatId}`;
+	if (config.threadId) {
+		shoutrrrUrl += `:${config.threadId}`;
+	}
+	return shoutrrrUrl;
 };