diff --git a/htroot/Crawler_p.java b/htroot/Crawler_p.java
index 1cd75ef15..ee4dc9cbf 100644
--- a/htroot/Crawler_p.java
+++ b/htroot/Crawler_p.java
@@ -391,7 +391,8 @@ public class Crawler_p {
                 sb.crawlQueues.errorURL.removeHost(hosthashes, true);
                 for (byte[] hosthash: hosthashes) {
                     try {
-                        sb.index.fulltext().getDefaultConnector().deleteByQuery(CollectionSchema.host_id_s.getSolrFieldName() + ":\"" + ASCII.String(hosthash) + "\" AND " + CollectionSchema.failreason_s.getSolrFieldName() + ":[* TO *]");
+                        String deletequery = CollectionSchema.host_id_s.getSolrFieldName() + ":\"" + ASCII.String(hosthash) + "\" AND " + CollectionSchema.failreason_s.getSolrFieldName() + ":[* TO *]";
+                        sb.index.fulltext().getDefaultConnector().deleteByQuery(deletequery);
                     } catch (final IOException e) {ConcurrentLog.logException(e);}
                 }
                 sb.index.fulltext().commit(true);