diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/SmartNodeSelector/private-utils/treeData.ts b/frontend/src/lib/components/SmartNodeSelector/private-utils/treeData.ts
index 47771a77d..23b71c166 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/SmartNodeSelector/private-utils/treeData.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/SmartNodeSelector/private-utils/treeData.ts
@@ -12,21 +12,25 @@ export class TreeData {
     private _stringifiedData: string;
     private _nodeData: TreeDataNodeMetaData[];
     private _allowOrOperator: boolean;
+    private _allowWildcards: boolean;
 
     constructor({
         treeData,
         delimiter,
         allowOrOperator,
+        allowWildcards,
     }: {
         treeData: TreeDataNode[];
         delimiter: string;
         allowOrOperator: boolean;
+        allowWildcards: boolean;
     }) {
         this._treeData = treeData;
         this._delimiter = delimiter;
         this._nodeData = [];
         this._stringifiedData = "";
         this._allowOrOperator = allowOrOperator;
+        this._allowWildcards = allowWildcards;
 
         this.populateNodes();
     }
@@ -125,6 +129,13 @@ export class TreeData {
     }
 
     private adjustNodeName(nodeName: string): string {
+        if (!this._allowWildcards) {
+            return this.replaceAll(
+                this.replaceAll(this.replaceAll(this.escapeRegExp(nodeName), ":", ""), "*", "\\*"),
+                "?",
+                "\\."
+            );
+        }
         return this.activateOrStatements(
             this.replaceAll(
                 this.replaceAll(this.replaceAll(this.escapeRegExp(nodeName), ":", ""), "*", '[^:"]*'),
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/SmartNodeSelector/smartNodeSelector.tsx b/frontend/src/lib/components/SmartNodeSelector/smartNodeSelector.tsx
index f9f967fd3..ea60350ad 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/SmartNodeSelector/smartNodeSelector.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/SmartNodeSelector/smartNodeSelector.tsx
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ export class SmartNodeSelectorComponent extends React.Component<SmartNodeSelecto
                 treeData: props.data,
                 delimiter: props.delimiter,
                 allowOrOperator: props.useBetaFeatures || false,
+                allowWildcards: props.maxNumSelectedNodes !== 1,
             });
         } catch (e) {
             this.treeData = null;
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@ export class SmartNodeSelectorComponent extends React.Component<SmartNodeSelecto
                     treeData: this.props.data,
                     delimiter: this.props.delimiter,
                     allowOrOperator: this.props.useBetaFeatures || false,
+                    allowWildcards: this.props.maxNumSelectedNodes !== 1,
                 });
             } catch (e) {
                 this.treeData = null;
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/components/VectorSelector/vectorSelector.tsx b/frontend/src/lib/components/VectorSelector/vectorSelector.tsx
index 140b77b8c..b55ad59e7 100644
--- a/frontend/src/lib/components/VectorSelector/vectorSelector.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/lib/components/VectorSelector/vectorSelector.tsx
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export class VectorSelectorComponent extends SmartNodeSelectorComponent {
                 treeData: this.modifyTreeData(props.data, props.numMetaNodes, this.vectorDefinitions),
                 delimiter: props.delimiter,
                 allowOrOperator: props.useBetaFeatures || false,
+                allowWildcards: this.props.maxNumSelectedNodes !== 1,
             });
         } catch (e) {
             this.treeData = null;
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ export class VectorSelectorComponent extends SmartNodeSelectorComponent {
                     treeData: this.modifyTreeData(this.props.data, this.props.numMetaNodes, this.vectorDefinitions),
                     delimiter: this.props.delimiter,
                     allowOrOperator: this.props.useBetaFeatures || false,
+                    allowWildcards: this.props.maxNumSelectedNodes !== 1,
                 });
             } catch (e) {
                 this.treeData = null;