diff --git a/webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/iph/templates/queryBuilder.ftl b/webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/iph/templates/queryBuilder.ftl
index 44ec8176..81062b49 100644
--- a/webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/iph/templates/queryBuilder.ftl
+++ b/webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/iph/templates/queryBuilder.ftl
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@
         }
         if (htmlEncode){
         	string_query += json_query.field + ":" + value.replace(/[']+/g,'').replace(/#/g,'%23') ;
+        } else {
+        	string_query += json_query.field + ":" + value.replace(/[']+/g,'');
         }
       }
 	  return string_query;