diff --git a/src/core/proteinmatch.cpp b/src/core/proteinmatch.cpp
index 1affcab5b843e84a064288a774ded23190929ced..27f8b2bffae35a4840eac8daab8a70b09efb1ab5 100644
--- a/src/core/proteinmatch.cpp
+++ b/src/core/proteinmatch.cpp
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ ProteinMatch::getFlankingNterRegion(const PeptideMatch &peptide_match,
   QString flanking = getProteinXtpSp().get()->getSequence().mid(start, length);
   if(flanking.size() < orig_length)
     {
-      flanking = flanking + "-";
+      flanking = "-" + flanking;
     }
 
   return flanking;