diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/ucsb/nceas/mdqengine/MDQEngine.java b/src/main/java/edu/ucsb/nceas/mdqengine/MDQEngine.java
index 06f6e36c..bde788c5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/ucsb/nceas/mdqengine/MDQEngine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/ucsb/nceas/mdqengine/MDQEngine.java
@@ -256,8 +256,9 @@ public ArrayList<String> findDataPids(NodeReference nodeId, String identifier) t
 
 		try {
 			String nodeEndpoint = D1Client.getMN(nodeId).getNodeBaseServiceUrl();
-			String encodedId = URLEncoder.encode(identifier, "UTF-8");
-			String queryUrl = nodeEndpoint + "/query/solr/?q=isDocumentedBy:" + "\"" + encodedId + "\"" + "&fl=id";
+//			String encodedId = URLEncoder.encode(identifier, "UTF-8");
+//			String queryUrl = nodeEndpoint + "/query/solr/?q=isDocumentedBy:" + "\"" + encodedId + "\"" + "&fl=id";
+			String queryUrl = nodeEndpoint + "/query/solr/?q=isDocumentedBy:" + "\"" + identifier + "\"" + "&fl=id";
 			log.debug("queryURL: " + queryUrl);
 
 			URL url = new URL(queryUrl);