diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ed1a511c7c79361d9d1f511cd74968a539fc8d76..d47d900e45b9e2e8bf8441273d54ff723c88b185 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+* [#212](https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb-webui/-/issues/212) - Searching for
+  double values in scientific notation fails
 * [#199](https://gitlab.com/caosdb/caosdb-webui/-/issues/199) - Linkify creates
   additional links after showing previews of referenced entities
 
diff --git a/src/core/js/query_form.js b/src/core/js/query_form.js
index 5b3ae1cd78761d9794de4da36fec5a7e58c1ad46..6775fee677660b32387dcd82346753eb98c94da0 100644
--- a/src/core/js/query_form.js
+++ b/src/core/js/query_form.js
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ var queryForm = (function () {
       pagingparam = "P=" + paging + "&";
     }
     location.href =
-      connection.getBasePath() + "Entity/?" + pagingparam + "query=" + query;
+      connection.getBasePath() + "Entity/?" + pagingparam + "query=" + encodeURIComponent(query);
   };
 
   /**