diff --git a/src/main/java/mediathek/gui/tabs/tab_film/helpers/LuceneGuiFilmeModelHelper.java b/src/main/java/mediathek/gui/tabs/tab_film/helpers/LuceneGuiFilmeModelHelper.java
index 0681e5cc8..905c09047 100644
--- a/src/main/java/mediathek/gui/tabs/tab_film/helpers/LuceneGuiFilmeModelHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/mediathek/gui/tabs/tab_film/helpers/LuceneGuiFilmeModelHelper.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ private TModelFilm performTableFiltering() {
                 }
                 final ObservableList<String> selectedSenders = filterActionPanel.getViewSettingsPane().senderCheckList.getCheckModel().getCheckedItems();
                 if (!selectedSenders.isEmpty()) {
-                    addSenderFilterQuery(qb, analyzer, selectedSenders);
+                    addSenderFilterQuery(qb, selectedSenders);
                 }
 
                 //the complete lucene query...
@@ -170,18 +170,15 @@ private TModelFilm performTableFiltering() {
         }
     }
 
-    private void addSenderFilterQuery(@NotNull BooleanQuery.Builder qb, @NotNull StandardAnalyzer analyzer, @NotNull List<String> selectedSenders) throws ParseException {
-        //TODO use Query classes here
-        //#(+sender:(3sat ARTE.EN))
-        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-        sb.append("+sender:(");
+    private void addSenderFilterQuery(@NotNull BooleanQuery.Builder qb, @NotNull List<String> selectedSenders) {
+        BooleanQuery.Builder booleanQuery = new BooleanQuery.Builder();
         for (var sender : selectedSenders) {
-            sb.append(sender);
-            sb.append(" ");
+            // sender must be lowercase as StandardAnalyzer converts it to lower during indexing
+            TermQuery term = new TermQuery(new Term(LuceneIndexKeys.SENDER, sender.toLowerCase()));
+            booleanQuery.add(term, BooleanClause.Occur.SHOULD);
         }
-        sb.append(")");
-        var q = new QueryParser(LuceneIndexKeys.SENDER, analyzer).parse(sb.toString());
-        qb.add(q, BooleanClause.Occur.FILTER);
+
+        qb.add(booleanQuery.build(), BooleanClause.Occur.FILTER);
     }
 
     private void addSubtitleOnlyQuery(@NotNull BooleanQuery.Builder qb) {