diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/dataaccess/databases/utils/DatabaseOperations.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/dataaccess/databases/utils/DatabaseOperations.java
index f461f9d..4bd16b4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/dataaccess/databases/utils/DatabaseOperations.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/dataaccess/databases/utils/DatabaseOperations.java
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ public class DatabaseOperations {
 			if (dbType.equals(POSTGRES)) {
 				
 				//the full name equal to "schemaname.tablename"
-				tablename=schemaName+"."+tablename;
+				tablename=schemaName+"."+ "\"" +tablename+ "\"";
 
 				countingQuery = String.format(QueryPostgres, tablename);