diff --git a/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/LuceneQuery.java b/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/LuceneQuery.java
index 29e199b9e4..d6b68e04f6 100644
--- a/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/LuceneQuery.java
+++ b/KeywordSearch/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/keywordsearch/LuceneQuery.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class LuceneQuery implements KeywordSearchQuery {
 
     @Override
     public void escape() {
-        queryEscaped = KeywordSearchUtil.escapeLuceneQuery(query, true, true);
+        queryEscaped = KeywordSearchUtil.escapeLuceneQuery(query, true, false);
         isEscaped = true;
     }