diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/index/TestMultipleDistanceIndex.java b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/index/TestMultipleDistanceIndex.java
index 22c1b1c..27d8bd9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/index/TestMultipleDistanceIndex.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/index/TestMultipleDistanceIndex.java
@@ -257,6 +257,27 @@
         assertEquals(6, kr.getMatches().size());
     }
 
+	
+	@Test
+    public void queryJSONwildcardNoFoundry () throws QueryException, IOException {
+        // meine*
+        ki = new KrillIndex();
+        ki.addDoc(createFieldDoc5());
+        ki.commit();
+
+        // treat merging gracefully
+		SpanQueryWrapper sqw = getJSONQuery(
+			getClass().getResource("/queries/bugs/cosmas_wildcards_missingfoundry.jsonld")
+			.getFile());
+		SpanQuery sq = sqw.toQuery();
+		assertEquals(sq.toString(),"SpanMultiTermQueryWrapper(tokens:l:Erfahr*)");
+
+		kr = ki.search(sq, (short) 10);
+        assertEquals(4, kr.getMatches().size());
+        assertEquals(1, kr.getMatch(0).getStartPos());
+        assertEquals(2, kr.getMatch(0).getEndPos());
+    };
+	
 
     @Test
     @Ignore
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/TestKrillQueryJSON.java b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/TestKrillQueryJSON.java
index 34fb3f1..02615fe 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/TestKrillQueryJSON.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/TestKrillQueryJSON.java
@@ -611,8 +611,6 @@
                 "spanNext(tokens:s:der, tokens:s:Baum)");
 		assertEquals(kq.getWarning(0).getCode(), 774);
     };
-
-
 	
 
     public static String getString (String path) {
diff --git a/src/test/resources/queries/bugs/cosmas_wildcards_missingfoundry.jsonld b/src/test/resources/queries/bugs/cosmas_wildcards_missingfoundry.jsonld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a69512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/queries/bugs/cosmas_wildcards_missingfoundry.jsonld
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "@context": "http://ids-mannheim.de/ns/KorAP/json-ld/v0.1/context.jsonld",
+  "query": {
+    "@type" : "koral:token",
+    "wrap" : {
+      "@type":"koral:term",
+      "layer": "lemma",
+      "match":"match:eq",
+      "type":"type:wildcard",
+      "key":"Erfahr*"
+    }
+  }
+}
+