diff --git a/src/test/java/org/caosdb/server/query/TestCQL.java b/src/test/java/org/caosdb/server/query/TestCQL.java
index fe73e2b2c33749fac6d72a4c5b478eca5d154465..6c289adaef49f356aeaa7b5c7c744d4c4b1a6ce3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/caosdb/server/query/TestCQL.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/caosdb/server/query/TestCQL.java
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ public class TestCQL {
   // quotation marks gone rogue
   String quotation1 =
       "FIND ENTITY WHICH HAS A PROPERTY LIKE '*with double*' AND A PROPERTY LIKE '*and single*' AND A PROPERTY LIKE '*what\\'s wrong?*' AND A PROPERTY LIKE '*\\'*' AND A PROPERTY LIKE '*nothin\\'*' AND A PROPERTY LIKE '*\"\\'bla*'";
+  String issue203a = "FIND WHICH ( HAS pname )";
+  String issue203b = "FIND WHICH ( HAS pname1 AND REFERENCES pname2 )";
 
   @Test
   public void testQuery1()
@@ -7013,4 +7015,41 @@ public class TestCQL {
     assertEquals("POV(null,LIKE ,%nothin'%)", conj.getFilters().get(4).toString());
     assertEquals("POV(null,LIKE ,%\"'bla%)", conj.getFilters().get(5).toString());
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Test that brackets around 'has pname' do not cause filter to become subproperty filter.
+   *
+   * <p>https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb-server/-/issues/203
+   */
+  @Test
+  public void testIssue203() {
+    CQLLexer lexer;
+    lexer = new CQLLexer(CharStreams.fromString(this.issue203a));
+    CommonTokenStream tokens = new CommonTokenStream(lexer);
+
+    CQLParser parser = new CQLParser(tokens);
+    CqContext sfq = parser.cq();
+
+    System.out.println(sfq.toStringTree(parser));
+    assertEquals(3, sfq.getChildCount());
+    assertTrue(sfq.filter instanceof POV);
+
+    // with conjunction
+    lexer = new CQLLexer(CharStreams.fromString(this.issue203b));
+    tokens = new CommonTokenStream(lexer);
+
+    parser = new CQLParser(tokens);
+    sfq = parser.cq();
+
+    System.out.println(sfq.toStringTree(parser));
+    System.out.println(sfq.getChildCount());
+    System.out.println(sfq.getChildCount());
+    Conjunction conj = (Conjunction) sfq.filter;
+    System.out.println(conj.getFilters().size());
+    assertEquals(3, sfq.getChildCount());
+    assertTrue(sfq.filter instanceof Conjunction);
+    assertEquals(2, conj.getFilters().size());
+    assertTrue(conj.getFilters().get(0) instanceof POV);
+    assertTrue(conj.getFilters().get(1) instanceof POV);
+  }
 }