diff --git a/zulia-query-parser/src/main/java/io/zulia/server/search/queryparser/processors/ZuliaQueryNodeProcessorPipeline.java b/zulia-query-parser/src/main/java/io/zulia/server/search/queryparser/processors/ZuliaQueryNodeProcessorPipeline.java
index a30188d1..04ff7192 100644
--- a/zulia-query-parser/src/main/java/io/zulia/server/search/queryparser/processors/ZuliaQueryNodeProcessorPipeline.java
+++ b/zulia-query-parser/src/main/java/io/zulia/server/search/queryparser/processors/ZuliaQueryNodeProcessorPipeline.java
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ public ZuliaQueryNodeProcessorPipeline(QueryConfigHandler queryConfig) {
 
 		//zulia - add global min match handler
 		add(new ZuliaGlobalMinMatchProcessor());
-		add(new WildcardQueryNodeProcessor());
 		//zulia - change MultiFieldQueryNodeProcessor to ZuliaMultiFieldQueryNodeProcessor
 		add(new ZuliaMultiFieldQueryNodeProcessor());
+		add(new WildcardQueryNodeProcessor());
 		add(new ZuliaPureWildcardNodeProcessor());
 		add(new FuzzyQueryNodeProcessor());
 		add(new RegexpQueryNodeProcessor());
diff --git a/zulia-query-parser/src/test/java/io/zulia/server/search/queryparser/ParserTest.java b/zulia-query-parser/src/test/java/io/zulia/server/search/queryparser/ParserTest.java
index e3e1556f..327d33cd 100644
--- a/zulia-query-parser/src/test/java/io/zulia/server/search/queryparser/ParserTest.java
+++ b/zulia-query-parser/src/test/java/io/zulia/server/search/queryparser/ParserTest.java
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ public void basicTest() throws Exception {
 
 		Assertions.assertEquals(q, q2);
 
+		q = parse("Lung* Cancer*", List.of("title", "abstract"), Operator.OR, 0, oldParser);
+		q2 = parse("Lung* Cancer*", List.of("title", "abstract"), Operator.OR, 0, newParser);
+
+		Assertions.assertEquals(q, q2);
+
 		oldParser.setSplitOnWhitespace(true);
 		q = parse("Lung Cancer", List.of("field1", "field2"), Operator.OR, 0, oldParser);
 		q2 = parse("Lung Cancer", List.of("field1", "field2"), Operator.OR, 0, newParser);