diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/gui/control/generic/ajax/autocompletion/_content/autocomplete.html b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/gui/control/generic/ajax/autocompletion/_content/autocomplete.html
index 0b5c11d9c1d6a6dcc6f76de9e58a77657b5b2743..87a24a016a4040b8b83a1a98b9d34e46e12d4bb5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/gui/control/generic/ajax/autocompletion/_content/autocomplete.html
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/gui/control/generic/ajax/autocompletion/_content/autocomplete.html
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ jQuery(function(){
 				url: '$mapuri',
 				data: request,
 				dataType: "json",
+				type: "POST",
 				success: function( data ) {
 					response(jQuery.map( data, function( item ) {
 						return {