diff --git a/src/linkahead/utils/get_entity.py b/src/linkahead/utils/get_entity.py
index 9fee45826b46c5a5ec9ca8c1e0bec134f5d7ce77..282f7c86e10571d0e0d62b93da7f61bba5205cba 100644
--- a/src/linkahead/utils/get_entity.py
+++ b/src/linkahead/utils/get_entity.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 from typing import Union
 
 from ..common.models import Entity, execute_query
-from .escape import escape_quoted_text
+from .escape import escape_squoted_text
 
 
 def get_entity_by_name(name: str) -> Entity:
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def get_entity_by_name(name: str) -> Entity:
 
     Submits the query "FIND ENTITY WITH name='{name}'".
     """
-    name = escape_quoted_text(name)
+    name = escape_squoted_text(name)
     return execute_query(f"FIND ENTITY WITH name='{name}'", unique=True)
 
 
diff --git a/unittests/test_utils.py b/unittests/test_utils.py
index 9cfa50f7060212111d116930b9a19f6a09681052..e7495a91d5a0d525278fa608777e6c697ac54e99 100644
--- a/unittests/test_utils.py
+++ b/unittests/test_utils.py
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from linkahead.common.utils import xml2str
-from linkahead.utils.escape import (escape_dquoted_text, escape_quoted_text,
-                                    escape_squoted_text)
+from linkahead.utils.escape import (escape_dquoted_text, escape_squoted_text)
 from lxml.etree import Element