diff --git a/client/src/app/components/shared/search-bar.component.ts b/client/src/app/components/shared/search-bar.component.ts
index c888ac58..a6d91128 100644
--- a/client/src/app/components/shared/search-bar.component.ts
+++ b/client/src/app/components/shared/search-bar.component.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class SearchBarComponent {
   constructor(private router: Router) { }
 
   submit(): void {
-    const query = this.model.query.replace(":", "/");
+    const query = this.model.query.replace(":", "/").replace("..", "-");
     const url = "/search/" + this.model.source.id + "/" + query;
     this.router.navigateByUrl(url);
   }