diff --git a/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/LuceneQuery.java b/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/LuceneQuery.java
index d2af273abc..789f238329 100644
--- a/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/LuceneQuery.java
+++ b/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/LuceneQuery.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class LuceneQuery implements KeywordSearchQuery {
     public void setSubstringQuery() {
         // Note that this is not a full substring search. Normally substring
         // searches will be done with TermComponentQuery objects instead.
-        keywordStringEscaped = "*" + keywordStringEscaped + "*";
+        keywordStringEscaped = keywordStringEscaped + "*";
     }
 
     @Override