diff --git a/querydsl-scala/src/main/scala/com/mysema/query/scala/EntitySerializer.scala b/querydsl-scala/src/main/scala/com/mysema/query/scala/EntitySerializer.scala
index 3117c827e..f2fd6abd0 100644
--- a/querydsl-scala/src/main/scala/com/mysema/query/scala/EntitySerializer.scala
+++ b/querydsl-scala/src/main/scala/com/mysema/query/scala/EntitySerializer.scala
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class ScalaEntitySerializer @Inject()(val typeMappings: TypeMappings) extends Se
     writer.beginObject(queryTypeName)
     writer.line("def as(variable: String) = new ", queryTypeName, "(variable)")
     writer.line("")
-    writer.line("val ", model.getUncapSimpleName, " = as \"",  model.getUncapSimpleName, "\"")
+    writer.line("val ", model.getUncapSimpleName, " = as(\"",  model.getUncapSimpleName, "\")")
     writer.end()
     
     // header