diff --git a/src/frontend/app/search/search.component.ts b/src/frontend/app/search/search.component.ts
index a44e8a3d823174e919144c5dbe32317c426593ca..4f400655cd4fa49499d6bff68451ab6ce3cd82a2 100644
--- a/src/frontend/app/search/search.component.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/app/search/search.component.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export class SearchComponent implements OnInit {
 
     setLaunchWithSearchTemplate(templates: any) {
         if (this.searchTemplateId !== null) {
-            const template = templates.find((itemTemplate: any) => itemTemplate.id == this.searchTemplateId);
+            const template = templates.find((itemTemplate: any) => itemTemplate.id === (+this.searchTemplateId));
             if (template !== undefined) {
                 this.appCriteriaTool.selectSearchTemplate(template);
                 this.appCriteriaTool.getCurrentCriteriaValues();