diff --git a/tabellio/searchform/form.py b/tabellio/searchform/form.py
index 5c751d4..c156efe 100644
--- a/tabellio/searchform/form.py
+++ b/tabellio/searchform/form.py
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ class SearchView(BrowserView):
             kw['polgroupsDoc'] = {'query': data.get('polgroups').strip().split(),
                                   'operator': 'and'}
         if data.get('l_polgroups'):
-            kw['polgroupsDoc'] = {'query': [possible_polgroups(self.context).getTermByToken(x).title for x in data.get('l_polgroups')],
+            kw['polgroupsDoc'] = {'query': data.get('l_polgroups'),
                                   'operator': 'and'}
 
         if data.get('topics'):