diff --git a/jans-orm/couchbase/src/main/java/io/jans/orm/couchbase/operation/impl/CouchbaseOperationServiceImpl.java b/jans-orm/couchbase/src/main/java/io/jans/orm/couchbase/operation/impl/CouchbaseOperationServiceImpl.java
index 57a563440be..a3c4d99bf20 100644
--- a/jans-orm/couchbase/src/main/java/io/jans/orm/couchbase/operation/impl/CouchbaseOperationServiceImpl.java
+++ b/jans-orm/couchbase/src/main/java/io/jans/orm/couchbase/operation/impl/CouchbaseOperationServiceImpl.java
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ private <O> PagedResult<JsonObject> searchImpl(BucketMapping bucketMapping, Stri
             }
         }
 
-        StringBuilder baseQuery = new StringBuilder("SELECT ").append(StringHelper.toString(select)).append(" FROM `").append(bucketMapping.getBucketName()).append("` AS gluu_doc ").
+        StringBuilder baseQuery = new StringBuilder("SELECT ").append(StringHelper.toString(backticksAttributes(select))).append(" FROM `").append(bucketMapping.getBucketName()).append("` AS gluu_doc ").
         		append("WHERE ").append(finalExpression);
 
         StringBuilder baseQueryWithOrder = new StringBuilder(baseQuery);
@@ -617,6 +617,19 @@ private <O> PagedResult<JsonObject> searchImpl(BucketMapping bucketMapping, Stri
         return result;
     }
 
+	private String[] backticksAttributes(String[] attributes) {
+		if (ArrayHelper.isEmpty(attributes)) {
+			return attributes;
+		}
+		
+		String[] resultAttributes = new String[attributes.length];
+		for (int i = 0; i < attributes.length; i++) {
+			resultAttributes[i] = '`' + attributes[i] + "`";
+		}
+
+		return resultAttributes;
+	}
+
     public String[] createStoragePassword(String[] passwords) {
         if (ArrayHelper.isEmpty(passwords)) {
             return passwords;