diff --git a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/repository/DocumentRepository.java b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/repository/DocumentRepository.java
index 1f1af2cc..cc2fbfc1 100644
--- a/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/repository/DocumentRepository.java
+++ b/backend/src/main/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/repository/DocumentRepository.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public interface DocumentRepository extends JpaRepository<Document, UUID>, JpaSp
             SELECT d.id FROM documents d
             CROSS JOIN LATERAL (
                 SELECT CASE WHEN websearch_to_tsquery('german', :query)::text <> ''
-                            THEN to_tsquery('german', regexp_replace(
+                            THEN to_tsquery('simple', regexp_replace(
                                      websearch_to_tsquery('german', :query)::text,
                                      '''([^'']+)''',
                                      '''\\1'':*',
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ public interface DocumentRepository extends JpaRepository<Document, UUID>, JpaSp
             FROM documents d
             CROSS JOIN LATERAL (
                 SELECT CASE WHEN websearch_to_tsquery('german', :query)::text <> ''
-                            THEN to_tsquery('german', regexp_replace(
+                            THEN to_tsquery('simple', regexp_replace(
                                      websearch_to_tsquery('german', :query)::text,
                                      '''([^'']+)''',
                                      '''\\1'':*',
diff --git a/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/repository/DocumentFtsTest.java b/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/repository/DocumentFtsTest.java
index 38f64bc9..3240ba03 100644
--- a/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/repository/DocumentFtsTest.java
+++ b/backend/src/test/java/org/raddatz/familienarchiv/repository/DocumentFtsTest.java
@@ -179,6 +179,22 @@ class DocumentFtsTest {
         assertThat(ids).isEmpty();
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void should_find_document_whose_transcription_contains_word_that_stems_to_german_stop_word() {
+        // "Wille" stems to "will" via the German Snowball stemmer.
+        // "will" is also a German stop word, so to_tsquery('german','will:*') drops it.
+        // The prefix-transform step must use to_tsquery('simple',...) to avoid this.
+        Document doc = documentRepository.saveAndFlush(document("Foto"));
+        UUID annotationId = annotation(doc.getId());
+        blockRepository.saveAndFlush(block(doc.getId(), annotationId, "Der Wille des Volkes", 0));
+        em.flush();
+        em.clear();
+
+        List<UUID> ids = documentRepository.findRankedIdsByFts("Wille");
+
+        assertThat(ids).contains(doc.getId());
+    }
+
     @Test
     void should_not_throw_when_query_contains_invalid_tsquery_syntax() {
         documentRepository.saveAndFlush(document("Brief"));