diff --git a/src/server_side_scripting/ext_file_download/zip_files.py b/src/server_side_scripting/ext_file_download/zip_files.py
index 65f27c9d901a6790456b8addb636bd55b7fe0c7e..6bd34cbbda9fd3968024b70094c586b5356e4555 100755
--- a/src/server_side_scripting/ext_file_download/zip_files.py
+++ b/src/server_side_scripting/ext_file_download/zip_files.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def collect_files_in_zip(ids, table):
         # download and add all files
         for file_id in ids:
             try:
-                tmp = db.execute_query("FIND {a:} WITH ID={a:}".format(
+                tmp = db.execute_query("FIND FILE WITH ID={a:}".format(
                     a=file_id),
                     unique=True)
             except EntityDoesNotExistError as e: