diff --git a/server/belga/search_providers.py b/server/belga/search_providers.py
index bddbfeee..56378a55 100644
--- a/server/belga/search_providers.py
+++ b/server/belga/search_providers.py
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ def get_search_text(self, query):
         return searchText
 
     def set_highlight(self, search_text, docs):
-        search_text = "|".join(search_text.split())
+        search_text = "|".join(re.escape(term.strip()) for term in search_text.split())
         fields = ("body_html", "headline", "slugline")
         for doc in docs:
             for field in fields:
diff --git a/server/tests/fixtures/belga-360archive-search.json b/server/tests/fixtures/belga-360archive-search.json
index 6daf6cba..31674983 100644
--- a/server/tests/fixtures/belga-360archive-search.json
+++ b/server/tests/fixtures/belga-360archive-search.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
             "name": "",
             "credit": "BELGA",
             "topic": "Belga 360 slugline",
-            "headLine": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.",
+            "headLine": "(Lorem ipsum) dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.",
             "keywords": ["BRIEF", "#CORONAVIRUS", "SPORTS", "INTERNET"],
             "authors": [ 
                 {
diff --git a/server/tests/search_providers/belga_360_archive_test.py b/server/tests/search_providers/belga_360_archive_test.py
index 94df00a3..b7031ebc 100644
--- a/server/tests/search_providers/belga_360_archive_test.py
+++ b/server/tests/search_providers/belga_360_archive_test.py
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ def test_format_list_item(self):
         self.assertEqual(item["guid"], guid)
         self.assertEqual(item["extra"]["city"], "Bruxelles")
         self.assertEqual(
-            item["headline"], "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit."
+            item["headline"],
+            "(Lorem ipsum) dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.",
         )
         self.assertEqual(item["name"], "")
         self.assertEqual(item["slugline"], "Belga 360 slugline")
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@ def test_get_highlighted_text(self):
                 {
                     "headline": [
                         (
-                            '<span class="es-highlight">Lorem</span> <span class="es-highlight">ipsum</span> dolor '
+                            '(<span class="es-highlight">Lorem</span> <span class="es-highlight">ipsum</span>) dolor '
                             "sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit."
                         )
                     ]
@@ -415,7 +416,25 @@ def test_get_highlighted_text(self):
                 {
                     "headline": [
                         (
-                            '<span class="es-highlight">Lorem</span> <span class="es-highlight">ipsum</span> dolor '
+                            '(<span class="es-highlight">Lorem</span> <span class="es-highlight">ipsum</span>) dolor '
+                            "sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit."
+                        )
+                    ]
+                },
+            )
+
+            query["query"]["filtered"]["query"]["query_string"][
+                "query"
+            ] = "(Lorem ipsum)"
+            items = self.provider.find(query)
+            highlighted_item = items[0]
+
+            self.assertEqual(
+                highlighted_item["es_highlight"],
+                {
+                    "headline": [
+                        (
+                            '<span class="es-highlight">(Lorem</span> <span class="es-highlight">ipsum)</span> dolor '
                             "sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit."
                         )
                     ]