diff --git a/plugins/org.etsi.mts.tdl.common/src/org/etsi/mts/tdl/scoping/TDLScopeProvider.java b/plugins/org.etsi.mts.tdl.common/src/org/etsi/mts/tdl/scoping/TDLScopeProvider.java
index 38d2097c4579a916e4f1295970b27a017d1a52aa..dff9d411eb61ec78689f8dd4291574a0eb1acef8 100644
--- a/plugins/org.etsi.mts.tdl.common/src/org/etsi/mts/tdl/scoping/TDLScopeProvider.java
+++ b/plugins/org.etsi.mts.tdl.common/src/org/etsi/mts/tdl/scoping/TDLScopeProvider.java
@@ -200,8 +200,9 @@ public class TDLScopeProvider extends AbstractDeclarativeScopeProvider {
 						EList<Target> targets = ((Message) context).getTarget();
 						if (!targets.isEmpty()) {
 							ICompositeNode oppositeNode = NodeModelUtils.findActualNodeFor(targets.get(0));
+							String text = NodeModelUtils.getTokenText(oppositeNode);
 							if (oppositeNode != null) {
-								String targetGateName = oppositeNode.getText()
+								String targetGateName = text
 										.replaceAll("(the|a|an)\\s+", "")
 										.replaceAll("(?s)where\\s+it\\s+is.+", "")
 										.replaceAll("(?s)assigned\\s*.+", "")