diff --git a/artemis_sqlmap/Feature.xml b/artemis_sqlmap/Feature.xml
index e71d256efad8c6f490d88acc1340699a00d57aaa..ecef8e70dc92234c9f302293fc4cfa0c8d83accc 100644
--- a/artemis_sqlmap/Feature.xml
+++ b/artemis_sqlmap/Feature.xml
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
             f.feature_id=#featureSynonyms[].feature.featureId#
            </iterate>
          </isNotNull>
-         ( uniquename=#uniqueName# )            
+         ( uniquename LIKE #uniqueName# )            
        </isNotNull>
           
        <isGreaterThan property="cvTerm.cvTermId" compareValue="0" prepend="AND"> 
diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/chado/IBatisDAO.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/chado/IBatisDAO.java
index 1c2e2db46dac1a8358dd5e0b08fbb7e62532317a..83dabe75396d3809e43941182a3dbbb2f4ecd7f7 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/chado/IBatisDAO.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/chado/IBatisDAO.java
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ public class IBatisDAO extends GmodDAO
     
     // insert match feature
     int value = 1;
-    List matches = getFeaturesByUniqueName(matchFeature.getUniqueName()+"/_%");
+    List matches = getFeaturesByUniqueName(matchFeature.getUniqueName()+"_%");
     
     for(int i=0; i<matches.size(); i++)
     {