diff --git a/src/interface/web/app/agents/page.tsx b/src/interface/web/app/agents/page.tsx
index 06639e21..30d360e3 100644
--- a/src/interface/web/app/agents/page.tsx
+++ b/src/interface/web/app/agents/page.tsx
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ async function openChat(slug: string, userData: UserProfile | null) {
         return;
     }
 
-    const response = await fetch(`/api/chat/sessions?agent_slug=${slug}`, { method: "POST" });
+    const response = await fetch(`/api/chat/sessions?agent_slug=${encodeURIComponent(slug)}`, {
+        method: "POST",
+    });
     const data = await response.json();
     if (response.status == 200) {
         window.location.href = `/chat?conversationId=${data.conversation_id}`;
diff --git a/src/khoj/database/adapters/__init__.py b/src/khoj/database/adapters/__init__.py
index 67d2bee8..9687ec01 100644
--- a/src/khoj/database/adapters/__init__.py
+++ b/src/khoj/database/adapters/__init__.py
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ class ConversationAdapters:
         user: KhojUser, client_application: ClientApplication = None, agent_slug: str = None, title: str = None
     ):
         if agent_slug:
-            agent = await AgentAdapters.aget_agent_by_slug(agent_slug, user)
+            agent = await AgentAdapters.aget_readonly_agent_by_slug(agent_slug, user)
             if agent is None:
                 raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="No such agent currently exists.")
             return await Conversation.objects.acreate(user=user, client=client_application, agent=agent, title=title)
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ class ConversationAdapters:
         user: KhojUser, client_application: ClientApplication = None, agent_slug: str = None, title: str = None
     ):
         if agent_slug:
-            agent = AgentAdapters.get_agent_by_slug(agent_slug, user)
+            agent = AgentAdapters.aget_readonly_agent_by_slug(agent_slug, user)
             if agent is None:
                 raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="No such agent currently exists.")
             return Conversation.objects.create(user=user, client=client_application, agent=agent, title=title)