diff --git a/server-application-server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/server/dataaccess/db/HibernateSearchDAOV3Adaptor.java b/server-application-server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/server/dataaccess/db/HibernateSearchDAOV3Adaptor.java
index 91415f26c92b2b842e80531ac6199e7d4dd7b091..ee950a9ec56f25a418d30def762506014ceffa79 100644
--- a/server-application-server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/server/dataaccess/db/HibernateSearchDAOV3Adaptor.java
+++ b/server-application-server/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/generic/server/dataaccess/db/HibernateSearchDAOV3Adaptor.java
@@ -113,7 +113,12 @@ public class HibernateSearchDAOV3Adaptor implements IHibernateSearchDAO {
         // Obtain global criteria
 
         GlobalSearchCriteria globalSearchCriteria = getCriteria(searchableEntity);
-        globalSearchCriteria.withText().thatMatches(searchTerm);
+
+        if (searchTerm.startsWith("\"") && searchTerm.endsWith("\"")) {
+            globalSearchCriteria.withText().thatMatches(searchTerm.substring(1, searchTerm.length() - 1));
+        } else {
+            globalSearchCriteria.withText().thatMatches(searchTerm);
+        }
 
         operationLog.info("ADAPTED [FULL TEXT SEARCH] : " + searchableEntity + " [" + searchTerm + "] " + useWildcardSearchMode);