diff --git a/application/Api/v1/AddressdbApicontroller.php b/application/Api/v1/AddressdbApicontroller.php
index 3654dad7d..5a1184f1e 100644
--- a/application/Api/v1/AddressdbApicontroller.php
+++ b/application/Api/v1/AddressdbApicontroller.php
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ class AddressdbApicontroller extends mfBaseApicontroller {
       $gem_search[] = "gemeinde like '$p%'";
       $ort_search[] = "ortschaft like '$p%'";
       $strasse_search[] = "strasse like '$p%'";
-      $plz_search[] = "plz like '%$p%'";
-      $hausnummer_search[] = "hausnummer like '%$p%'";
+      $plz_search[] = "plz like '$p%'";
+      $hausnummer_search[] = "hausnummer like '$p%'";
     }
     
     $where = "1=1";