diff --git a/claims/claim-utils/service/searchOrcid.service.ts b/claims/claim-utils/service/searchOrcid.service.ts
index 05cdb966..b4bc6c0a 100644
--- a/claims/claim-utils/service/searchOrcid.service.ts
+++ b/claims/claim-utils/service/searchOrcid.service.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import{EnvProperties} from '../../../utils/properties/env-properties';
 
 import { ClaimResult} from  '../claimEntities.class';
 import {map} from "rxjs/operators";
+import {StringUtils} from "../../../utils/string-utils.class";
 
 @Injectable()
 export class SearchOrcidService {
@@ -41,7 +42,10 @@ export class SearchOrcidService {
     //headers.append('Accept', 'application/orcid+json');
     let headers = new HttpHeaders({'Accept': 'application/orcid+json'});
 
-    let url = properties.searchOrcidURL+'search?defType=edismax&q='+term+'&qf=given-name^1.0+family-name^2.0+other-names^1.0+credit-name^1.0&start=0&rows=10';
+    // let url = properties.searchOrcidURL+'search?defType=edismax&q='+term+'&qf=given-name^1.0+family-name^2.0+other-names^1.0+credit-name^1.0&start=0&rows=10';
+    let url = properties.searchOrcidURL+'search?q='+StringUtils.URIEncode('{!edismax qf="given-and-family-names^50.0 family-name^10.0 given-names^5.0 credit-name^10.0 other-names^5.0 text^1.0" pf="given-and-family-names^50.0" mm=1}')+term+'&start=0&rows=10';
+
+    //q={!edismax qf="given-and-family-names^50.0 family-name^10.0 given-names^5.0 credit-name^10.0 other-names^5.0 text^1.0" pf="given-and-family-names^50.0" mm=1}alessia bardi&start=0&rows=10
     let key = url;
 
     return this.http.get(url, { headers: headers })