diff --git a/ddclient.in b/ddclient.in
index abe3dd4..d10db43 100755
--- a/ddclient.in
+++ b/ddclient.in
@@ -6418,12 +6418,7 @@ sub nic_freemyip_update {
         my $ip = delete $config{$h}{'wantip'};
         info("setting IP address to %s for %s", $ip, $h);
         verbose("UPDATE:", "updating %s", $h);
-        my $url;
-        $url = "https://$config{$h}{'server'}/update";
-        $url .= "?token=";
-        $url .= $config{$h}{'password'};
-        $url .= "&domain=";
-        $url .= $h;
+        my $url = "https://$config{$h}{'server'}/update?token=$config{$h}{'password'}&domain=$h";
         my $reply = geturl(proxy => opt('proxy'), url => $url);
         if (!defined($reply) || !$reply) {
             failed("updating %s: Could not connect to %s.", $h, $config{$h}{'server'});