diff --git a/set-web/src/main/java/eu/europeana/set/web/service/impl/UserSetServiceImpl.java b/set-web/src/main/java/eu/europeana/set/web/service/impl/UserSetServiceImpl.java
index 3167e2ed..f17914ad 100644
--- a/set-web/src/main/java/eu/europeana/set/web/service/impl/UserSetServiceImpl.java
+++ b/set-web/src/main/java/eu/europeana/set/web/service/impl/UserSetServiceImpl.java
@@ -477,8 +477,9 @@ private List<String> reorderItemDescriptions(UserSet userSet, List<String> itemD
           UserSetUtils.extractItemIdentifier(itemUri, getConfiguration().getItemDataEndpoint());
       // escape "/" to "\/" to match json string
       localId = StringUtils.replace(localId, "/", "\\/");
+      String idWithSpace="\"id\": \"" + localId + '"';
       for (String description : itemDescriptions) {
-        if (description.contains(localId)) {
+        if (description.contains(idWithSpace)) {
           orderedItemDescriptions.add(description);
           found = true;
           break;