diff --git a/libretroshare/src/deep_search/forumsindex.cpp b/libretroshare/src/deep_search/forumsindex.cpp
index acc7aed9a..a04f2ecac 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/deep_search/forumsindex.cpp
+++ b/libretroshare/src/deep_search/forumsindex.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ std::error_condition DeepForumsIndex::search(
 	// End of prefix configuration.
 
 	// And parse the query.
-	Xapian::Query query = queryparser.parse_query(queryStr);
+	using XQP = Xapian::QueryParser;
+	Xapian::Query query = queryparser.parse_query(
+	            queryStr, XQP::FLAG_WILDCARD | XQP::FLAG_DEFAULT );
 
 	// Use an Enquire object on the database to run the query.
 	Xapian::Enquire enquire(db);