diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/TestSpanSequenceQueryJSON.java b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/TestSpanSequenceQueryJSON.java
index c04f2c7..ceed514 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/TestSpanSequenceQueryJSON.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/TestSpanSequenceQueryJSON.java
@@ -411,7 +411,16 @@
 					 "(base/s:s[0:0], ordered, notExcluded)])");
     };
 
+	@Test
+    public void queryJSONcosmas2Bug2 () throws QueryException {
 
+        SpanQueryWrapper sqwi = getJsonQuery(getClass().getResource("/queries/bugs/cosmas-exclude.jsonld").getFile());
+        
+        SpanQuery sq = sqwi.toQuery();
+
+        // (Pop-up OR Pop-ups) %s0 (Internet OR  Programm)
+        assertEquals(sq.toString(),"spanElementDistance({129: spanOr([tokens:s:Pop-up, tokens:s:Pop-ups])}, {129: spanOr([tokens:s:Internet, tokens:s:Programm])}, [(base/s:s[0:0], notOrdered, excluded)])");
+    };
 	
 
     // get query wrapper based on json file
diff --git a/src/test/resources/queries/bugs/cosmas-exclude.jsonld b/src/test/resources/queries/bugs/cosmas-exclude.jsonld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57f50bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/queries/bugs/cosmas-exclude.jsonld
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+{
+  "query":{
+    "operands":[{
+      "operands":[{
+        "operands":[{
+          "@type":"koral:token",
+          "wrap":{
+            "@type":"koral:term",
+            "match":"match:eq",
+            "key":"Pop-up",
+            "layer":"orth"
+          }
+        },{
+          "@type":"koral:token",
+          "wrap":{
+            "@type":"koral:term",
+            "match":"match:eq",
+            "key":"Pop-ups",
+            "layer":"orth"
+          }
+        }],
+        "@type":"koral:group",
+        "inOrder":false,
+        "operation":"operation:disjunction"
+      }],
+      "classOut":129,
+      "@type":"koral:group",
+      "operation":"operation:class"
+    },{
+      "operands":[{
+        "operands":[{
+          "@type":"koral:token",
+          "wrap":{
+            "@type":"koral:term",
+            "match":"match:eq",
+            "key":"Internet",
+            "layer":"orth"
+          }
+        },{
+          "@type":"koral:token",
+          "wrap":{
+            "@type":"koral:term",
+            "match":"match:eq",
+            "key":"Programm",
+            "layer":"orth"
+          }
+        }],
+        "@type":"koral:group",
+        "inOrder":false,
+        "operation":"operation:disjunction"
+      }],
+      "classOut":129,
+      "@type":"koral:group",
+      "operation":"operation:class"
+    }],
+    "distances":[{
+      "boundary":{
+        "min":0,
+        "max":0,
+        "@type":"koral:boundary"
+      },
+      "@type":"cosmas:distance",
+      "exclude":true,
+      "key":"s"
+    }],
+    "@type":"koral:group",
+    "inOrder":false,
+    "operation":"operation:sequence"
+  },
+  "@context":"http://korap.ids-mannheim.de/ns/koral/0.3/context.jsonld"
+}