diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/model/Section.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/model/Section.java
index b8f0e152..1d339dea 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/model/Section.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/model/Section.java
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public class Section {
     public void redactByRegEx(String pattern, boolean patternCaseInsensitive, int group, String asType, int ruleNumber, String reason, String legalBasis) {
         Pattern compiledPattern = Patterns.getCompiledPattern(pattern, patternCaseInsensitive);
 
-        Matcher matcher = compiledPattern.matcher(text);
+        Matcher matcher = compiledPattern.matcher(searchText);
 
         while (matcher.find()) {
             String match = matcher.group(group);
diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/drools/rules.drl b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/drools/rules.drl
index 8f6cfbdd..0d455e36 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/drools/rules.drl
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/drools/rules.drl
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ rule "12: Add recommendation for et al. author"
     when
         Section(searchText.contains("et al."))
     then
-		section.addRecommendationByRegEx("([^\\s(]*?( \\w\\.?)?) et al\\.?", false, 1, "CBI_author");
+		section.addRecommendationByRegEx("\\b([A-ZÄÖÜ][^\\s\\.,]+( [A-ZÄÖÜ]\\.?)?( [A-ZÄÖÜ]\\.?)?) et al\\.?", false, 1, "CBI_author");
     end
 
 // --------------------------------------- PII rules -------------------------------------------------------------------