diff --git a/wise-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/wisemapping-security-ldap.xml b/wise-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/wisemapping-security-ldap.xml
index 0085bf71..0307c5e7 100644
--- a/wise-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/wisemapping-security-ldap.xml
+++ b/wise-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/wisemapping-security-ldap.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
     <bean id="ldapUserSearch"
           class="org.springframework.security.ldap.search.FilterBasedLdapUserSearch">
-        <constructor-arg index="0" value="ou=${security.ldap.subDn}"/>
+        <constructor-arg index="0" value="${security.ldap.subDn}"/>
         <constructor-arg index="1" value="(${security.ldap.auth.attribute}={0})"/>
         <constructor-arg index="2" ref="contextSource"/>
         <property name="searchSubtree" value="true"/>