diff --git a/src/engine/plugins/match.cpp b/src/engine/plugins/match.cpp
index 1fff3fefc..029a27eb3 100644
--- a/src/engine/plugins/match.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/plugins/match.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ Status MatchPlugin::HandleRequest(const api::MatchParameters &parameters,
             BOOST_ASSERT(current_phantom_node_pair.target_phantom.IsValid());
             sub_routes[index].segment_end_coordinates.emplace_back(current_phantom_node_pair);
         }
-        shortest_path(sub_routes[index].segment_end_coordinates, {}, sub_routes[index]);
+        // force uturns to be on, since we split the phantom nodes anyway and only have bi-directional
+        // phantom nodes for possible uturns
+        shortest_path(sub_routes[index].segment_end_coordinates, {true}, sub_routes[index]);
         BOOST_ASSERT(sub_routes[index].shortest_path_length != INVALID_EDGE_WEIGHT);
     }