diff --git a/authorities/authorities-home.pl b/authorities/authorities-home.pl
index 84122ed0e8..467da48e77 100755
--- a/authorities/authorities-home.pl
+++ b/authorities/authorities-home.pl
@@ -97,25 +97,19 @@ if ( $op eq "do_search" ) {
         }
     );
 
-    my $builder = Koha::SearchEngine::QueryBuilder->new(
-        { index => $Koha::SearchEngine::AUTHORITIES_INDEX } );
-    my $searcher = Koha::SearchEngine::Search->new(
-        { index => $Koha::SearchEngine::AUTHORITIES_INDEX } );
+    my $builder  = Koha::SearchEngine::QueryBuilder->new( { index => $Koha::SearchEngine::AUTHORITIES_INDEX } );
+    my $searcher = Koha::SearchEngine::Search->new( { index => $Koha::SearchEngine::AUTHORITIES_INDEX } );
 
     my $search_query = $builder->build_authorities_query_compat(
         [$marclist], [$and_or], [$excluding], [$operator],
         [$value], $authtypecode, $orderby
     );
     my ( $results, $total );
-    eval {
-        ( $results, $total ) = $searcher->search_auth_compat(
-            $search_query, $offset, $resultsperpage
-        );
-    };
+    eval { ( $results, $total ) = $searcher->search_auth_compat( $search_query, $offset, $resultsperpage ); };
     if ($@) {
         my $query_error = q{};
         $query_error .= $@ if $@;
-        $template->param(query_error => $query_error);
+        $template->param( query_error => $query_error );
     }
 
     $template->param( search_query => $search_query ) if C4::Context->preference('DumpSearchQueryTemplate');
diff --git a/t/Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/Search.t b/t/Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/Search.t
index 046767cf01..6353793b10 100755
--- a/t/Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/Search.t
+++ b/t/Koha/SearchEngine/Elasticsearch/Search.t
@@ -45,12 +45,13 @@ subtest 'search_auth_compat' => sub {
 
     my $search_query = $builder->build_authorities_query_compat(
         ['mainmainentry'], ['and'], [''], ['contains'],
-        ['Donald - Duck'], '',      'HeadingAsc'
+        ['Donald - ^ \ ~ + Duck'], '', 'HeadingAsc'
     );
 
-    my ( $bad_results, undef ) = $search->search_auth_compat( $search_query, 0, 20, undef );
-
-    is( @$bad_results[0], undef, 'We expect no record because it doesnt exist' );
+    is(
+        $search_query->{query}->{bool}->{must}->[0]->{query_string}->{query}, '(Donald*) AND (Duck*)',
+        "Reserved characters -, ^, \\, ~, + have been removed from search query"
+    );
 
     my $module = Test::MockModule->new('Koha::SearchEngine::Elasticsearch::Search');
     $module->mock( 'count_auth_use', sub { return 1 } );