diff --git a/src/authz-module/authz-home/index.tsx b/src/authz-module/authz-home/index.tsx
index 27a1a7fd..32fd4865 100644
--- a/src/authz-module/authz-home/index.tsx
+++ b/src/authz-module/authz-home/index.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ const AuthzHome = () => {
   const { hash } = useLocation();
   const intl = useIntl();
   const [searchParams] = useSearchParams();
-  const presetScope = searchParams.get('scope') || undefined;
+
+  /* In the authoring repository the scope is encoded but this is to Replace spaces with '+'
+     to match URL encoding format in case the 'scope' parameter is provided with spaces instead of '+'
+  */
+  const presetScope = searchParams.get('scope')?.replace(/\s/g, '+') || undefined;
 
   const pageTitle = intl.formatMessage(messages['authz.manage.page.title']);