diff --git a/src/Plugin/facets/query_type/SearchApiString.php b/src/Plugin/facets/query_type/SearchApiString.php
index 27424a6..56854f6 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/facets/query_type/SearchApiString.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/facets/query_type/SearchApiString.php
@@ -75,7 +75,12 @@ class SearchApiString extends QueryTypePluginBase {
       foreach ($this->results as $key => $result) {
         if ($result['count'] || $query_operator == 'or') {
           $count = $result['count'];
-          $result_filter = trim($result['filter'], '"');
+          if ($result['filter'][0] === '"')  {
+            $result_filter = substr($result['filter'], 1);
+            if ($result_filter[strlen($result_filter) - 1] === '"') {
+              $result_filter = substr($result_filter, 0, -1);
+            }
+          }
           $result = new Result($result_filter, $result_filter, $count);
           $facet_results[] = $result;
         }
diff --git a/src/Plugin/facets/url_processor/QueryString.php b/src/Plugin/facets/url_processor/QueryString.php
index 7e731e0..6e21f47 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/facets/url_processor/QueryString.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/facets/url_processor/QueryString.php
@@ -161,7 +161,13 @@ class QueryString extends UrlProcessorPluginBase {
     // Get the filter key of the facet.
     if (isset($this->activeFilters[$this->urlAlias])) {
       foreach ($this->activeFilters[$this->urlAlias] as $value) {
-        $facet->setActiveItem(trim($value, '"'));
+        if ($value[0] === '"')  {
+          $value = substr($value, 1);
+          if ($value[strlen($value) - 1] === '"') {
+            $value = substr($value, 0, -1);
+          }
+        }
+        $facet->setActiveItem($value);
       }
     }
   }