diff --git a/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/SearchRunner.java b/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/SearchRunner.java
index e41a03554a..9fac00d294 100644
--- a/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/SearchRunner.java
+++ b/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/SearchRunner.java
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ public final class SearchRunner {
 
                     boolean isRegex = !keywordQuery.searchTermIsLiteral();
                     if (isRegex) {
-                        keywordSearchQuery = new TermsComponentQuery(list, keywordQuery);
+                        keywordSearchQuery = new RegexQuery(list, keywordQuery);
                     } else {
                         keywordSearchQuery = new LuceneQuery(list, keywordQuery);
                         keywordSearchQuery.escape();