diff --git a/src/gui_create_model_settings.m b/src/gui_create_model_settings.m
index aa9fc48df816e1401eadfd1c5c195d8b3d183fea..e70aeb42199051255cfc6d29759f72f6f482e26e 100644
--- a/src/gui_create_model_settings.m
+++ b/src/gui_create_model_settings.m
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function status = gui_create_model_settings()
 % SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
 %   none
 
-% Copyright (C) 2003-2019 Dynare Team
+% Copyright (C) 2003-2020 Dynare Team
 %
 % This file is part of Dynare.
 %
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ setappdata(0, 'model_settings', model_settings);
                 for j = 1:length(gn)
                     sn = M_.shock_groups.(fn{i}).(gn{j}).shocks;
                     for k = 1:length(sn)
-                        idx = find(not(cellfun('isempty', strfind(model_settings.shocks(:,1), sn{k}))));
+                        idx = find(strcmp(model_settings.shocks(:,1), sn{k}));
                         model_settings.shocks{idx, col} = fn{i};
                         model_settings.shocks{idx, col+1} = M_.shock_groups.(fn{i}).(gn{j}).label;
                     end