diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 372eb15..410ffd8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-0.49 2014-11-08
+0.49 2014-11-11
         - [bugfix] Rewrite works in repeating expansions (margaretha)
 	- [feature] Clean timeout with parameter support (diewald)
+	- [workaround] Support unknown overlap frame, if frames are known (diewald)
 
 0.48 2014-11-07
         - [feature] Retrieval of token lists (diewald)
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@
 	  correctly rewritten (diewald)
 	- [bugfix] Ignore foundry for orth layer (diewald)
 	- [feature] Support fields in meta (diewald)
-	- [sigh] Support more legacy APIs (diewald)
+	- [workaround] Support more legacy APIs (diewald)
 	- [bugfix] Check for the existence of @type in JSON-LD groups
 	  to avoid NullPointer (diewald)
 	- [cleanup] Validated query and collection input - limited
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/KorapQuery.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/KorapQuery.java
index 9f3a94c..53fbe8d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/KorapQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/KorapQuery.java
@@ -205,6 +205,16 @@
 		case "frame:strictlyOverlaps":
 		    flag = REAL_OVERLAP;
 		    break;
+		case "":
+		    // Temporary workaround for wrongly set overlaps
+		    if (json.has("frames")) {
+			frame = json.get("frames").get(0).asText();
+			if (frame.equals("frames:overlapsLeft") ||
+			    frame.equals("frames:overlapsRight")) {
+			    flag = OVERLAP;
+			    break;
+			};
+		    };
 		default:
 		    throw new QueryException(613, "Frame type unknown");
 		};
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/index/FieldDocument.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/index/FieldDocument.java
index bdf81f8..a6379ec 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/index/FieldDocument.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/index/FieldDocument.java
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
     @Override
     public void setTextColumn (String textColumn) {
 	super.setTextColumn(textColumn);
-	this.addStored("textColumn", textColumn);
+	this.addString("textColumn", textColumn);
     };
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/TestKorapQueryJSON.java b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/TestKorapQueryJSON.java
index e8d8084..32109cd 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/TestKorapQueryJSON.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/TestKorapQueryJSON.java
@@ -324,6 +324,15 @@
 	assertEquals(sqwi.toQuery().toString(), "spanRepetition(spanExpansion(SpanMultiTermQueryWrapper(tokens:/cnx/p:A/), []{1, 1}, right){2,2})");
     };
 
+    @Test
+    public void queryJSONoverlapsFrameWorkaround () throws QueryException {
+	// overlaps(<s>,[tt/p=CARD][tt/p="N.*"])
+	SpanQueryWrapper sqwi = jsonQuery(getClass().getResource("/queries/bugs/overlaps_frame_workaround.jsonld").getFile());
+
+	assertEquals(sqwi.toQuery().toString(), "spanOverlap(<tokens:s />, spanNext(tokens:tt/p:CARD, SpanMultiTermQueryWrapper(tokens:/tt/p:N.*/)))");
+    };
+
+
     public static String getString (String path) {
 	StringBuilder contentBuilder = new StringBuilder();
 	try {
diff --git a/src/test/resources/queries/bugs/overlaps_frame_workaround.jsonld b/src/test/resources/queries/bugs/overlaps_frame_workaround.jsonld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d72095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/queries/bugs/overlaps_frame_workaround.jsonld
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{
+  "@context":"http://ids-mannheim.de/ns/KorAP/json-ld/v0.2/context.jsonld",
+  "query" : {
+    "@type" : "korap:group",
+    "frame" : "",
+    "frames" : [
+      "frames:overlapsLeft",
+      "frames:overlapsRight"
+    ],
+    "operands" : [
+      {
+        "@type" : "korap:span",
+        "key" : "s"
+      },
+      {
+        "@type" : "korap:group",
+        "operands" : [
+          {
+            "@type" : "korap:token",
+            "wrap" : {
+              "@type" : "korap:term",
+              "foundry" : "tt",
+              "key" : "CARD",
+              "layer" : "p",
+              "match" : "match:eq"
+            }
+          },
+          {
+            "@type" : "korap:token",
+            "wrap" : {
+              "@type" : "korap:term",
+              "foundry" : "tt",
+              "key" : "N.*",
+              "layer" : "p",
+              "match" : "match:eq",
+              "type" : "type:regex"
+            }
+          }
+        ],
+        "operation" : "operation:sequence"
+      }
+    ],
+    "operation" : "operation:position"
+  }
+}