diff --git a/fda-query-service/services/src/main/java/at/tuwien/service/QueryService.java b/fda-query-service/services/src/main/java/at/tuwien/service/QueryService.java
index d7f2fafdfa81477a487df010cea9d34cbb0e36d4..25dc227cf8db48ce5ca7e4d83c5e6a822482088c 100644
--- a/fda-query-service/services/src/main/java/at/tuwien/service/QueryService.java
+++ b/fda-query-service/services/src/main/java/at/tuwien/service/QueryService.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public class QueryService extends JdbcConnector {
         this.queryMapper = queryMapper;
     }
 
+    @Deprecated
     @Transactional
     public QueryResultDto execute(Long id, Query query) throws ImageNotSupportedException, DatabaseNotFoundException, JSQLParserException, SQLException, QueryMalformedException, QueryStoreException {
         Database database = findDatabase(id);