diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.common.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.common.inc.php
index 9db7cd0e17..8f835b79c9 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.common.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.common.inc.php
@@ -169,8 +169,10 @@
 			if(empty($_globalUid)) return false;
 			
 			$globalUidParts = explode('-',$_globalUid);
+			array_shift($globalUidParts);	// remove the app name
+			array_pop($globalUidParts);		// remove the install_id
 			
-			return $globalUidParts[1];
+			return explode('-',$globalUidParts);	// return the rest, allowing to have dashs in the id, can happen with LDAP!
 		}
 
 		// This is used for searching the access fields