diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/PoliqarpPlusTree.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/PoliqarpPlusTree.java
index c3ffb11..d1da8c4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/PoliqarpPlusTree.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/PoliqarpPlusTree.java
@@ -446,11 +446,12 @@
 			reQuery.put("@value", regex);
 			reQuery.put("relation", "=");
 			
+			// if in field, regex was already added there
 			if (!openNodeCats.get(1).equals("field")) {
 				LinkedHashMap<String,Object> token = new LinkedHashMap<String,Object>();
 				token.put("@type", "korap:token");
 				token.put("@value", reQuery);
-				reQuery.put("type", "korap:term");
+				reQuery.put("@type", "korap:term");
 				
 				if (openNodeCats.get(1).equals("query")) {
 					requestMap.put("query", token);