diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/default/en/search.marc/search.tmpl b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/default/en/search.marc/search.tmpl
index 4e5dd0a8df..75c4bbbafd 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/default/en/search.marc/search.tmpl
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/default/en/search.marc/search.tmpl
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 			<input type="hidden" name="marclist" value="items.itemcallnumber" />
 			<input type="hidden" name="and_or" value="and" />
 			<input type="hidden" name="excluding" value="" />
-			<input type="hidden" name="operator" value="contains" />
+			<input type="hidden" name="operator" value="start" />
 			<input type="text" name="value" onchange="sql_update()" />
 		</p>
 		<p>