diff --git a/app/Helpers/Collector/Extensions/MetaCollection.php b/app/Helpers/Collector/Extensions/MetaCollection.php
index ff263d200a..50f97ff764 100644
--- a/app/Helpers/Collector/Extensions/MetaCollection.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/Collector/Extensions/MetaCollection.php
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ trait MetaCollection
             $this->query->leftJoin('journal_meta', 'transaction_journals.id', '=', 'journal_meta.transaction_journal_id');
         }
         $this->query->where('journal_meta.name', '=', 'external_id');
-        $this->query->where('journal_meta.data', 'LIKE', sprintf('%%%s%%', $externalId));
+        $this->query->where('journal_meta.data', '=', sprintf('%s', $externalId));
 
         return $this;
     }