diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/SolrServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/SolrServiceImpl.java
index c0c4d7a0e5..e436a8e6eb 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/SolrServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/SolrServiceImpl.java
@@ -1996,7 +1996,7 @@ public class SolrServiceImpl implements SearchService, IndexingService {
 
         HttpPost post = new HttpPost(hostURL.toHostString());
         List<NameValuePair> postParameters = new ArrayList<>();
-        postParameters.add(new BasicNameValuePair("q",query.toString());
+        postParameters.add(new BasicNameValuePair("q",query.toString()));
 
         HttpResponse response = getSolr().getHttpClient().execute(post);