diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/SpanDistanceQuery.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/SpanDistanceQuery.java
index c145200..7ce869a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/SpanDistanceQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/SpanDistanceQuery.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 		sb.append(maxDistance);
 		sb.append("], ");		
 		sb.append( isOrdered ? "ordered, " : "notOrdered, " );
-		sb.append( exclusion ? "excluded)]" : "notExcluded)])");
+		sb.append( exclusion ? "excluded)])" : "notExcluded)])");
 		sb.append(ToStringUtils.boost(getBoost()));
     	return sb.toString();
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/wrap/SpanSequenceQueryWrapper.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/wrap/SpanSequenceQueryWrapper.java
index e6c0488..abf2ae4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/wrap/SpanSequenceQueryWrapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/wrap/SpanSequenceQueryWrapper.java
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 	    // Create spanElementDistance query
 	    if (!constraint.getUnit().equals("w")) {
 		for (int i = 1; i < this.segments.size(); i++) {
-		    query = new SpanDistanceQuery(
+		    SpanDistanceQuery sdquery = new SpanDistanceQuery(
 		        new SpanElementQuery(this.field, constraint.getUnit()),
 	                query,
 			this.segments.get(i),
@@ -158,13 +158,15 @@
 			this.isInOrder(),
 			true
 		    );
+		    sdquery.setExclusion(constraint.isExclusion());
+		    query = (SpanQuery) sdquery;
 		};
 	    }
 
 	    // Create spanDistance query
 	    else {
 		for (int i = 1; i < this.segments.size(); i++) {
-		    query = new SpanDistanceQuery(
+		    SpanDistanceQuery sdquery = new SpanDistanceQuery(
 	                query,
 			this.segments.get(i),
 			constraint.getMinDistance(),
@@ -172,6 +174,8 @@
 			this.isInOrder(),
 			true
 		    );
+		    sdquery.setExclusion(constraint.isExclusion());
+		    query = (SpanQuery) sdquery;
 		};
 	    };
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/TestKorapQuery.java b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/TestKorapQuery.java
index 6ed797c..77f2e89 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/TestKorapQuery.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/TestKorapQuery.java
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
     @Test
     public void KorapSequenceQuery6 () {
 	KorapQuery kq = new KorapQuery("field");
-	SpanQuery sq = kq.seq(kq.seg("try1")).append(kq.seg("try2")).withConstraint(2,3,"s",true).toQuery();
+	SpanQuery sq = kq.seq(kq.seg("try1")).append(kq.seg("try2")).withConstraint(2,3,"s", true).toQuery();
 	assertEquals("spanElementDistance(field:try1, field:try2, [(s[2:3], ordered, excluded)])", sq.toString());
     };