diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/PoliqarpPlusQueryProcessor.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/PoliqarpPlusQueryProcessor.java
index b325a3f..00da8d2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/PoliqarpPlusQueryProcessor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/PoliqarpPlusQueryProcessor.java
@@ -407,9 +407,12 @@
                 KoralObjectGenerator.makeGroup("relation");
         LinkedHashMap<String, Object> relation = 
                 KoralObjectGenerator.makeRelation();
+        LinkedHashMap<String, Object> term = 
+                KoralObjectGenerator.makeTerm();
         relationGroup.put("relation", relation);
+        relation.put("wrap", term);
         if (node.getChild(0).getText().equals("dominates")) {
-            relation.put("layer", "c");
+            term.put("layer", "c");
         }
         ParseTree relSpec = getFirstChildWithCat(node, "relSpec");
         ParseTree repetition = getFirstChildWithCat(node, "repetition");
@@ -418,11 +421,11 @@
             ParseTree layer = getFirstChildWithCat(relSpec, "layer");
             ParseTree key = getFirstChildWithCat(relSpec, "key");
             if (foundry != null)
-                relation.put("foundry", foundry.getText());
+                term.put("foundry", foundry.getText());
             if (layer != null)
-                relation.put("layer", layer.getText());
+                term.put("layer", layer.getText());
             if (key != null)
-                relation.put("key", key.getText());
+                term.put("key", key.getText());
         }
         if (repetition != null) {
             Integer[] minmax = parseRepetition(repetition);
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 2466f5b..44519ec 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
@@ -1028,12 +1028,13 @@
 	}
 	@Test
 	public void testRelations() throws JsonProcessingException, IOException {
-		query = "relatesTo(<s>,<np>)";
+		query = "dominates(<s>,<np>)";
 		qs.setQuery(query, "poliqarpplus");
 		res = mapper.readTree(qs.toJSON());
 		assertEquals("korap:group", 		res.at("/query/@type").asText());
 		assertEquals("operation:relation", 	res.at("/query/operation").asText());
 		assertEquals("korap:relation", 		res.at("/query/relation/@type").asText());
+		assertEquals("c",                   res.at("/query/relation/wrap/layer").asText());
 		assertEquals("s", 					res.at("/query/operands/0/key").asText());
 		assertEquals("np", 					res.at("/query/operands/1/key").asText());
 
@@ -1058,9 +1059,9 @@
 		assertEquals("lemma", 				res.at("/query/operands/1/wrap/layer").asText());
 		assertEquals("Baum", 				res.at("/query/operands/1/wrap/key").asText());
 		assertEquals("korap:relation", 		res.at("/query/relation/@type").asText());
-		assertEquals("mate", 				res.at("/query/relation/foundry").asText());
-		assertEquals("d", 					res.at("/query/relation/layer").asText());
-		assertEquals("HEAD", 				res.at("/query/relation/key").asText());
+		assertEquals("mate", 				res.at("/query/relation/wrap/foundry").asText());
+		assertEquals("d", 					res.at("/query/relation/wrap/layer").asText());
+		assertEquals("HEAD", 				res.at("/query/relation/wrap/key").asText());
 
 		query = "dominates(Baum,<np>)";
 		qs.setQuery(query, "poliqarpplus");
@@ -1068,19 +1069,19 @@
 		assertEquals("orth", 				res.at("/query/operands/0/wrap/layer").asText());
 		assertEquals("Baum", 				res.at("/query/operands/0/wrap/key").asText());
 		assertEquals("korap:relation", 		res.at("/query/relation/@type").asText());
-		assertEquals("c", 					res.at("/query/relation/layer").asText());
+		assertEquals("c", 					res.at("/query/relation/wrap/layer").asText());
 
 		query = "dominates(cnx/c:<vp>,<np>)";
 		qs.setQuery(query, "poliqarpplus");
 		res = mapper.readTree(qs.toJSON());
-		assertEquals("cnx", 				res.at("/query/relation/foundry").asText());
-		assertEquals("c", 					res.at("/query/relation/layer").asText());
+		assertEquals("cnx", 				res.at("/query/relation/wrap/foundry").asText());
+		assertEquals("c", 					res.at("/query/relation/wrap/layer").asText());
 
 		query = "dominates(cnx/c*:<vp>,<np>)";
 		qs.setQuery(query, "poliqarpplus");
 		res = mapper.readTree(qs.toJSON());
-		assertEquals("cnx", 				res.at("/query/relation/foundry").asText());
-		assertEquals("c", 					res.at("/query/relation/layer").asText());
+		assertEquals("cnx", 				res.at("/query/relation/wrap/foundry").asText());
+		assertEquals("c", 					res.at("/query/relation/wrap/layer").asText());
 		assertEquals(0, 					res.at("/query/relation/boundary/min").asInt());
 		assertEquals(true, 					res.at("/query/relation/boundary/max").isMissingNode());