diff --git a/analysis/language/fr/analyzer_fr.go b/analysis/language/fr/analyzer_fr.go
index 6c6f60f3..6d914eba 100644
--- a/analysis/language/fr/analyzer_fr.go
+++ b/analysis/language/fr/analyzer_fr.go
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ func AnalyzerConstructor(config map[string]interface{}, cache *registry.Cache) (
 	rv := analysis.Analyzer{
 		Tokenizer: tokenizer,
 		TokenFilters: []analysis.TokenFilter{
-			elisionFilter,
 			toLowerFilter,
+			elisionFilter,
 			stopFrFilter,
 			stemmerFrFilter,
 		},
diff --git a/analysis/language/it/analyzer_it.go b/analysis/language/it/analyzer_it.go
index 9cb4021d..ef1e412a 100644
--- a/analysis/language/it/analyzer_it.go
+++ b/analysis/language/it/analyzer_it.go
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ func AnalyzerConstructor(config map[string]interface{}, cache *registry.Cache) (
 	rv := analysis.Analyzer{
 		Tokenizer: tokenizer,
 		TokenFilters: []analysis.TokenFilter{
-			elisionFilter,
 			toLowerFilter,
+			elisionFilter,
 			stopItFilter,
 			stemmerItFilter,
 		},
diff --git a/analysis/language/it/analyzer_it_test.go b/analysis/language/it/analyzer_it_test.go
index 03cc8112..4419d207 100644
--- a/analysis/language/it/analyzer_it_test.go
+++ b/analysis/language/it/analyzer_it_test.go
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ func TestItalianAnalyzer(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		// test for bug #218
+		{
+			input: []byte("Nell'anfora"),
+			output: analysis.TokenStream{
+				&analysis.Token{
+					Term: []byte("anfor"),
+				},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	cache := registry.NewCache()