diff --git a/inventory_provider/db/ims.py b/inventory_provider/db/ims.py
index d23557dc2da04c731e9918667f043c6ac277ab4a..3f50cc1cb13cecb6c0bd4838f309ab7cc6a292ec 100644
--- a/inventory_provider/db/ims.py
+++ b/inventory_provider/db/ims.py
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ class IMS(object):
             name,
             navigation_properties=None,
             use_cache=False):
-        url = f'{entity}/byname/{name}'
+        url = f'{entity}/byname/"{name}"'
         return self._get_entity(url, None, navigation_properties, use_cache)
 
     def get_filtered_entities(