diff --git a/invenio_app_rdm/records_ui/templates/semantic-ui/invenio_app_rdm/records/macros/creatibutors.html b/invenio_app_rdm/records_ui/templates/semantic-ui/invenio_app_rdm/records/macros/creatibutors.html
index e225e9d098..6ddf8c6bae 100644
--- a/invenio_app_rdm/records_ui/templates/semantic-ui/invenio_app_rdm/records/macros/creatibutors.html
+++ b/invenio_app_rdm/records_ui/templates/semantic-ui/invenio_app_rdm/records/macros/creatibutors.html
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
       {% if show_affiliations and creatibutor.affiliations %}
         data-content="{{ creatibutor.affiliations|join('; ', attribute='1') }}"
       {% endif %}
-      href="{{ url_for('invenio_search_ui.search', q='metadata.creators.person_or_org.name:') }}{{ creatibutor.person_or_org.name}}">
+      href="{{url_for('invenio_search_ui.search', q='metadata.creators.person_or_org.name:"' + creatibutor.person_or_org.name + '"')}}">
       {{ creatibutor.person_or_org.name }}
       </a>
     <sup class="font-tiny">