diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/chado/ArtemisUtils.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/chado/ArtemisUtils.java
index 575deb6985a424de3aa4a9a067ea8c3a16a51cc5..a4f65f0351b6f0bfde916101caa432e717854da3 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/chado/ArtemisUtils.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/chado/ArtemisUtils.java
@@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ public class ArtemisUtils
       FeatureCvTermProp this_fcp = (FeatureCvTermProp)featureCvTermProps.get(i);
       if(this_fcp.getValue().equals(fcp.getValue()))
         return true;
+
+      if(this_fcp.getValue().equals(GFFStreamFeature.decode(fcp.getValue())))
+        return true;
     }
     return false;
   }