diff --git a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/css/en/opac-search.tmpl b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/css/en/opac-search.tmpl
index 6acb2423df..2ab99538be 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/css/en/opac-search.tmpl
+++ b/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/css/en/opac-search.tmpl
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 				<input type="hidden" name="marclist" value="items.barcode" />
 				<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>