diff --git a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/plugin/screening/server/ScreeningServer.java b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/plugin/screening/server/ScreeningServer.java
index 3e53e2b7ac84ff3a769d7f9175d6c32b9ab3a258..4f881fad7878e89d974c72d9d49c9fd2d61794fc 100644
--- a/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/plugin/screening/server/ScreeningServer.java
+++ b/openbis/source/java/ch/systemsx/cisd/openbis/plugin/screening/server/ScreeningServer.java
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public final class ScreeningServer extends AbstractServer<IScreeningServer> impl
         IScreeningServer
 {
     // name of the property which stores material (gene) inhibited by the material stored in a well
-    private static final String INHIBITOR_PROPERTY_CODE = "$INHIBITOR_OF";
+    private static final String INHIBITOR_PROPERTY_CODE = "INHIBITOR_OF";
 
     // type of the dataset which stores plate images, there should be at most one
     private static final String IMAGE_DATASET_TYPE = "HCS_IMAGE";