diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/QuerySerializer.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/QuerySerializer.java
index a4f0a0b..fb9cc77 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/QuerySerializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/serialize/QuerySerializer.java
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@
 
     public QuerySerializer setQuery(String query, String ql, String version)
             throws QueryException {
+
+
         try {
             if (ql.equalsIgnoreCase("poliqarp")) {
                 ast = new PoliqarpPlusTree(query);