diff --git a/samples/react-content-query-webpart/Online/README.md b/samples/react-content-query-webpart/Online/README.md
index 763be2ae7..54ec7556e 100644
--- a/samples/react-content-query-webpart/Online/README.md
+++ b/samples/react-content-query-webpart/Online/README.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Version|Date|Comments
 1.0.13|April 28, 2020|Added support for Dynamic Data
 1.0.14|October 30, 2020|Fixed (lookup-)fields with special characters
 1.0.15|November 2, 2020|Upgraded to SPFx 1.11; Added support for jsonValue
+1.0.16|November 14, 2020|Fixed a bug where the fieldname starts with a special character; Added more special characters
 
 ## Disclaimer
 
diff --git a/samples/react-content-query-webpart/Online/config/package-solution.json b/samples/react-content-query-webpart/Online/config/package-solution.json
index ee4739e38..4e68eb2f9 100644
--- a/samples/react-content-query-webpart/Online/config/package-solution.json
+++ b/samples/react-content-query-webpart/Online/config/package-solution.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "solution": {
     "name": "React Content Query",
     "id": "00406271-0276-406f-9666-512623eb6709",
-    "version": "1.0.15.0",
+    "version": "1.0.16.0",
     "isDomainIsolated": false,
     "includeClientSideAssets": true,
       "developer": {
diff --git a/samples/react-content-query-webpart/Online/package-lock.json b/samples/react-content-query-webpart/Online/package-lock.json
index b7ac5266c..29f57260b 100644
--- a/samples/react-content-query-webpart/Online/package-lock.json
+++ b/samples/react-content-query-webpart/Online/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-content-query-webpart",
-  "version": "1.0.12",
+  "version": "1.0.15",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/samples/react-content-query-webpart/Online/package.json b/samples/react-content-query-webpart/Online/package.json
index d84a15063..f038665f1 100644
--- a/samples/react-content-query-webpart/Online/package.json
+++ b/samples/react-content-query-webpart/Online/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-content-query-webpart",
-  "version": "1.0.15",
+  "version": "1.0.16",
   "private": true,
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/samples/react-content-query-webpart/Online/src/common/services/ContentQueryService.ts b/samples/react-content-query-webpart/Online/src/common/services/ContentQueryService.ts
index 298e172d5..3be21f042 100644
--- a/samples/react-content-query-webpart/Online/src/common/services/ContentQueryService.ts
+++ b/samples/react-content-query-webpart/Online/src/common/services/ContentQueryService.ts
@@ -583,10 +583,14 @@ export class ContentQueryService implements IContentQueryService {
 
     for (let result of results) {
       let normalizedResult: any = {};
-      let formattedCharsRegex = /_x00(20|3a|e0|e1|e2|e7|e8|e9|ea|ed|f3|f9|fa|fc)_/gi;
-
+      let formattedCharsRegex = /_x00(20|3a|[c-f]{1}[0-9a-f]{1})_/gi;
       for (let viewField of viewFields) {
-        let formattedName = viewField.replace(formattedCharsRegex, "_x005f_x00$1_x005f_");
+        //check if the intenal fieldname begins with a special character (_x00)
+        let viewFieldOdata = viewField;
+        if (viewField.indexOf("_x00") == 0) {
+          viewFieldOdata = `OData_${viewField}`;
+        }
+        let formattedName = viewFieldOdata.replace(formattedCharsRegex, "_x005f_x00$1_x005f_");
         formattedName = formattedName.replace(/_x00$/, "_x005f_x00");
         normalizedResult[viewField] = {
           textValue: result.FieldValuesAsText[formattedName],