diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/PoliqarpPlusQueryProcessorTest.java b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/PoliqarpPlusQueryProcessorTest.java
index 520d9a4..dc85341 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/PoliqarpPlusQueryProcessorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/PoliqarpPlusQueryProcessorTest.java
@@ -683,12 +683,6 @@
         assertEquals("koral:token", res.at("/query/@type").asText());
         assertEquals(true, res.at("/query/key").isMissingNode());
         
-        query = "[]{3}";
-        qs.setQuery(query, "poliqarpplus");
-        res = mapper.readTree(qs.toJSON());
-        assertEquals("{@type:koral:boundary,min:3,max:3}", 
-                res.at("/query/boundary").asText());
-        
         query = "contains(<s>, [])";
         qs.setQuery(query, "poliqarpplus");
         res = mapper.readTree(qs.toJSON());
@@ -733,6 +727,27 @@
 
 
     @Test
+    public void testEmptyTokenSequence () throws JsonProcessingException, IOException {
+        query = "[]{3}";
+        qs.setQuery(query, "poliqarpplus");
+        res = mapper.readTree(qs.toJSON());
+
+        assertEquals("koral:group",
+                     res.at("/query/@type").asText());
+        assertEquals("operation:repetition",
+                     res.at("/query/operation").asText());
+        assertEquals("koral:token",
+                     res.at("/query/operands/0/@type").asText());
+        assertEquals("koral:boundary",
+                     res.at("/query/boundary/@type").asText());
+        assertEquals(3,
+                     res.at("/query/boundary/min").asInt());
+        assertEquals(3,
+                     res.at("/query/boundary/max").asInt());
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
     public void testLeadingTrailingEmptyTokens ()
             throws JsonProcessingException, IOException {
         query = "[][base=Mann]";