diff --git a/article-recommendations.php b/article-recommendations.php
index bcdd231..618841b 100644
--- a/article-recommendations.php
+++ b/article-recommendations.php
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public function widget($args, $instance) {
 
 		// This is where you run the code and display the output
 		$URL = "https://article-rec-api.localnewslab.io/recs";
-		$query = "?source_entity_id='{$post_id}'&model_type={$model_type}&sort_by={$sort_by}{$exclude}";
+		$query = "?source_entity_id={$post_id}&model_type={$model_type}&sort_by={$sort_by}{$exclude}";
 		$request_url = $URL . $query;
 
 		$response = wp_remote_retrieve_body ( wp_remote_get( $request_url ) );
@@ -318,4 +318,4 @@ public function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
 } // Class article_recommendations ends here
 
 
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>