diff --git a/pandora_console/ChangeLog b/pandora_console/ChangeLog
index 5c1f5c2db3..b1f1ed0340 100644
--- a/pandora_console/ChangeLog
+++ b/pandora_console/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-06-11 Miguel de Dios <miguel.dedios@artica.es>
+
+	* operation/events/events_list.php, operation/events/events.php:
+	fixed the free text search when there is characters as "(".
+
 2013-06-11 Miguel de Dios <miguel.dedios@artica.es>
 
 	* godmode/alerts/configure_alert_template.php,
diff --git a/pandora_console/operation/events/events.php b/pandora_console/operation/events/events.php
index 86e522da5e..682859bab4 100644
--- a/pandora_console/operation/events/events.php
+++ b/pandora_console/operation/events/events.php
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ $tag_without = json_decode($tag_without_json_clean, true);
 if (empty($tag_without)) $tag_without = array();
 $tag_without = array_diff($tag_without, array(0 => 0));	
 
-$search = io_safe_output(preg_replace ("/&([A-Za-z]{0,4}\w{2,3};|#[0-9]{2,3};)/", "&", rawurldecode (get_parameter ("search"))));
+$search = io_safe_output(get_parameter ("search"));
 
 users_get_groups ($config["id_user"], "ER");
 
diff --git a/pandora_console/operation/events/events_list.php b/pandora_console/operation/events/events_list.php
index 4fe8c9c881..44b11c783c 100644
--- a/pandora_console/operation/events/events_list.php
+++ b/pandora_console/operation/events/events_list.php
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ $table_advanced->data = array();
 
 $data = array();
 $data[0] = __('Free search') . '<br>';
-$data[0] .= html_print_input_text ('search', io_safe_output($search), '', 25, 255, true);
+$data[0] .= html_print_input_text ('search', $search, '', 25, 255, true);
 $data[1] = __('Agent search') . '<br>';
 $params = array();
 $params['show_helptip'] = true;