diff --git a/build-configuration/resources/couchdb.properties b/build-configuration/resources/couchdb.properties
index b941d7336c..e5aa374e7c 100644
--- a/build-configuration/resources/couchdb.properties
+++ b/build-configuration/resources/couchdb.properties
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ couchdb.change_logs = sw360changelogs
 couchdb.config = sw360config
 couchdb.vulnerability_management = sw360vm
 lucenesearch.limit = 150
+couchdb.lucene.url = http://localhost:8080/couchdb-lucene
 
 # Warning: If you enable lucene leading wildcards you have to enable this configuration also in couchdb-lucene.ini
 # leading wildcard search is disabled as default because its a expensive operation.
diff --git a/build-configuration/test-resources/couchdb.properties b/build-configuration/test-resources/couchdb.properties
index 72e71337d9..c7bb8f87c3 100644
--- a/build-configuration/test-resources/couchdb.properties
+++ b/build-configuration/test-resources/couchdb.properties
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ couchdb.usersdb = sw360_test_users
 couchdb.attachments = sw360_test_attachments
 couchdb.config = sw360_test_config
 couchdb.vulnerability_management = sw360_test_vm
+couchdb.lucene.url = http://localhost:8080/couchdb-lucene
diff --git a/libraries/lib-datahandler/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/datahandler/common/DatabaseSettings.java b/libraries/lib-datahandler/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/datahandler/common/DatabaseSettings.java
index 84c51006c1..e81ab0269b 100644
--- a/libraries/lib-datahandler/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/datahandler/common/DatabaseSettings.java
+++ b/libraries/lib-datahandler/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/datahandler/common/DatabaseSettings.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public class DatabaseSettings {
     public static final String PROPERTIES_FILE_PATH = "/couchdb.properties";
 
     public static final String COUCH_DB_URL;
+    public static final String COUCH_DB_LUCENE_URL;
     public static final String COUCH_DB_DATABASE;
     public static final String COUCH_DB_ATTACHMENTS;
     public static final String COUCH_DB_CHANGE_LOGS;
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ public class DatabaseSettings {
         Properties props = CommonUtils.loadProperties(DatabaseSettings.class, PROPERTIES_FILE_PATH);
 
         COUCH_DB_URL = props.getProperty("couchdb.url", "http://localhost:5984");
+        COUCH_DB_LUCENE_URL = props.getProperty("couchdb.lucene.url", "http://localhost:8080/couchdb-lucene");
         COUCH_DB_DATABASE = props.getProperty("couchdb.database", "sw360db");
         COUCH_DB_USERNAME = props.getProperty("couchdb.user", "");
         COUCH_DB_PASSWORD = props.getProperty("couchdb.password", "");
diff --git a/libraries/lib-datahandler/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/datahandler/couchdb/lucene/LuceneAwareDatabaseConnector.java b/libraries/lib-datahandler/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/datahandler/couchdb/lucene/LuceneAwareDatabaseConnector.java
index 466aa35bdd..359403ca37 100644
--- a/libraries/lib-datahandler/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/datahandler/couchdb/lucene/LuceneAwareDatabaseConnector.java
+++ b/libraries/lib-datahandler/src/main/java/org/eclipse/sw360/datahandler/couchdb/lucene/LuceneAwareDatabaseConnector.java
@@ -9,11 +9,15 @@
  */
 package org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.couchdb.lucene;
 
+import com.github.ldriscoll.ektorplucene.EktorpLuceneObjectMapperFactory;
 import com.github.ldriscoll.ektorplucene.LuceneAwareCouchDbConnector;
 import com.github.ldriscoll.ektorplucene.LuceneQuery;
 import com.github.ldriscoll.ektorplucene.LuceneResult;
 import com.github.ldriscoll.ektorplucene.util.IndexUploader;
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.URL;
+
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.common.DatabaseSettings;
 import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.couchdb.DatabaseConnector;
@@ -22,13 +26,15 @@
 import org.eclipse.sw360.datahandler.thrift.users.User;
 import org.ektorp.DbAccessException;
 import org.ektorp.http.HttpClient;
-
+import org.ektorp.http.URI;
+import org.ektorp.support.DesignDocument;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Strings.isNullOrEmpty;
 import static com.google.common.base.Strings.nullToEmpty;
@@ -50,7 +56,7 @@ public class LuceneAwareDatabaseConnector extends LuceneAwareCouchDbConnector {
     private final DatabaseConnector connector;
 
     private static final List<String> LUCENE_SPECIAL_CHARACTERS = Arrays.asList("[\\\\\\+\\-\\!\\~\\*\\?\\\"\\^\\:\\(\\)\\{\\}\\[\\]]", "\\&\\&", "\\|\\|");
-
+    private String dbNameForLuceneSearch;
     /**
      * Maximum number of results to return
      */
@@ -61,6 +67,7 @@ public class LuceneAwareDatabaseConnector extends LuceneAwareCouchDbConnector {
      */
     public LuceneAwareDatabaseConnector(Supplier<HttpClient> httpClient, String dbName) throws IOException {
         this(new DatabaseConnector(httpClient, dbName));
+        this.dbNameForLuceneSearch = dbName;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -118,10 +125,49 @@ private LuceneResult searchView(LuceneSearchView function, String queryString, b
             return queryLucene(query);
         } catch (DbAccessException e) {
             log.error("Error querying database.", e);
+            log.info("Trying to call lucene directly");
+            try {
+                LuceneResult callLuceneDirectly = callLuceneDirectly(function, queryString, includeDocs);
+                return callLuceneDirectly;
+            } catch (Exception exp) {
+                log.error("Error querying Lucene directly.", exp);
+            }
             return null;
         }
     }
 
+    private LuceneResult callLuceneDirectly(LuceneSearchView function, String queryString, boolean includeDocs)
+            throws IOException {
+        URI queryURI = URI.of("/");
+        queryURI.append(DEFAULT_LUCENE_INDEX);
+        queryURI.append(dbNameForLuceneSearch);
+        queryURI.append(function.searchView.startsWith(DesignDocument.ID_PREFIX) ? function.searchView
+                : DesignDocument.ID_PREFIX + function.searchView);
+        queryURI.append(function.searchFunction);
+        queryURI.param("include_docs", new Boolean(includeDocs).toString());
+        if (resultLimit > 0) {
+            queryURI.param("limit", resultLimit);
+        }
+        queryURI.param("q", queryString.toString());
+        URL luceneResourceUrl = new URL(DatabaseSettings.COUCH_DB_LUCENE_URL + queryURI.toString());
+        HttpURLConnection connection = null;
+        try {
+            connection = (HttpURLConnection) luceneResourceUrl.openConnection();
+            connection.setRequestMethod("GET");
+            connection.connect();
+            int responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();
+            if (responseCode == 200) {
+                ObjectMapper objectMapper = new EktorpLuceneObjectMapperFactory().createObjectMapper();
+                return objectMapper.readValue(connection.getInputStream(), LuceneResult.class);
+            }
+        } finally {
+            if (connection != null) {
+                connection.disconnect();
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
     /////////////////////////
     // GETTERS AND SETTERS //
     /////////////////////////