diff --git a/plasmid/source/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/server/ServerFacade.js b/plasmid/source/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/server/ServerFacade.js
index ad07615894fd71c032f182048c6cf95fd9acf95a..f8983c0700f9e3f692dbb5d51ab1591ea459b094 100644
--- a/plasmid/source/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/server/ServerFacade.js
+++ b/plasmid/source/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/server/ServerFacade.js
@@ -1315,6 +1315,7 @@ function ServerFacade(openbisServer) {
 			var v3api = new openbis(url + "/openbis/openbis/rmi-application-server-v3.json");
 			v3api._private.sessionToken = mainController.serverFacade.getSession();
 			var searchCriteria = new GlobalSearchCriteria();
+			searchCriteria.withWildCards();
 			searchCriteria.withText().thatContains(freeText);
 			var fetchOptions = new GlobalSearchObjectFetchOptions();
 			var sampleFetchOptions = fetchOptions.withSample();