diff --git a/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/components/start-process-cloud.component.html b/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/components/start-process-cloud.component.html
index f10c975307..3169f55f6f 100755
--- a/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/components/start-process-cloud.component.html
+++ b/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/components/start-process-cloud.component.html
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
                     [matAutocomplete]="auto"
                     id="processDefinitionName">
                 <div class="adf-process-input-autocomplete">
-                    <mat-autocomplete #auto="matAutocomplete" id="processDefinitionOptions" [displayWith]="displayProcessNameOnDropdown">
+                    <mat-autocomplete #auto="matAutocomplete" id="processDefinitionOptions" [displayWith]="displayProcessNameOnDropdown" (optionSelected)="setProcessDefinitionOnForm($event.option.value)">
                         <mat-option *ngFor="let processDef of filteredProcesses" [value]="getProcessDefinitionValue(processDef)">
                             {{ getProcessDefinitionValue(processDef) }}
                         </mat-option>
diff --git a/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/components/start-process-cloud.component.spec.ts b/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/components/start-process-cloud.component.spec.ts
index 0bc538b3e7..7d00baa807 100755
--- a/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/components/start-process-cloud.component.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/components/start-process-cloud.component.spec.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { SimpleChange } from '@angular/core';
+import { SimpleChange, DebugElement } from '@angular/core';
 import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed, fakeAsync, tick } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { setupTestBed } from '@alfresco/adf-core';
 import { of, throwError } from 'rxjs';
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { ProcessServiceCloudTestingModule } from '../../../testing/process-servi
 import { ProcessCloudModule } from '../../process-cloud.module';
 import { fakeProcessDefinitions, fakeStartForm, fakeStartFormNotValid,
     fakeProcessInstance, fakeProcessPayload, fakeNoNameProcessDefinitions } from '../mock/start-process.component.mock';
+import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser';
 
 describe('StartProcessCloudComponent', () => {
 
@@ -37,6 +38,19 @@ describe('StartProcessCloudComponent', () => {
     let getDefinitionsSpy: jasmine.Spy;
     let startProcessSpy: jasmine.Spy;
 
+    const selectOptionByName = (name: string) => {
+
+        const selectElement = fixture.nativeElement.querySelector('button#adf-select-process-dropdown');
+        selectElement.click();
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+        const options: any = fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.css('.mat-option-text'));
+        const currentOption = options.find( (option: DebugElement) => option.nativeElement.innerHTML.trim() === name );
+
+        if (currentOption) {
+            currentOption.nativeElement.click();
+        }
+    };
+
     setupTestBed({
         imports: [
             ProcessServiceCloudTestingModule,
@@ -315,6 +329,18 @@ describe('StartProcessCloudComponent', () => {
             });
         }));
 
+        it('should select the right process when the processKey begins with the name', async(() => {
+            getDefinitionsSpy = getDefinitionsSpy.and.returnValue(of(fakeProcessDefinitions));
+            component.name = 'My new process';
+            component.processDefinitionName = 'process';
+            selectOptionByName('process');
+
+            fixture.whenStable().then(() => {
+                expect(component.processDefinitionCurrent.name).toBe(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(fakeProcessDefinitions[3])).name);
+                expect(component.processDefinitionCurrent.key).toBe(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(fakeProcessDefinitions[3])).key);
+            });
+        }));
+
         describe('dropdown', () => {
 
             it('should hide the process dropdown button if showSelectProcessDropdown is false', async(() => {
@@ -396,7 +422,7 @@ describe('StartProcessCloudComponent', () => {
             component.processForm.controls['processDefinition'].setValue('process');
             fixture.detectChanges();
             tick(3000);
-            expect(component.filteredProcesses.length).toEqual(3);
+            expect(component.filteredProcesses.length).toEqual(4);
 
             component.processForm.controls['processDefinition'].setValue('processwithfo');
             fixture.detectChanges();
diff --git a/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/components/start-process-cloud.component.ts b/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/components/start-process-cloud.component.ts
index 2f8c43e901..2fadbbb2de 100755
--- a/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/components/start-process-cloud.component.ts
+++ b/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/components/start-process-cloud.component.ts
@@ -109,12 +109,7 @@ export class StartProcessCloudComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit, OnDestroy
             .pipe(debounceTime(300))
             .pipe(takeUntil(this.onDestroy$))
             .subscribe((processDefinitionName) => {
-                this.processPayloadCloud.processDefinitionKey = null;
-                if (this.processDefinition.valid) {
-                    this.setProcessDefinitionOnForm(processDefinitionName);
-                } else {
-                    this.filteredProcesses = this.getProcessDefinitionList(processDefinitionName);
-                }
+                this.filteredProcesses = this.getProcessDefinitionList(processDefinitionName);
             });
     }
 
@@ -139,12 +134,12 @@ export class StartProcessCloudComponent implements OnChanges, OnInit, OnDestroy
             StartProcessCloudComponent.MAX_NAME_LENGTH : this.maxNameLength;
     }
 
-    setProcessDefinitionOnForm(processDefinition: string) {
-        this.filteredProcesses = this.getProcessDefinitionList(processDefinition);
-        const selectedProcess = this.getProcessIfExists(processDefinition);
-        this.processDefinitionCurrent = selectedProcess;
+    setProcessDefinitionOnForm(selectedProcessDefinitionName: string) {
+        this.processDefinitionCurrent = this.filteredProcesses.find( (process: ProcessDefinitionCloud) =>
+            process.name === selectedProcessDefinitionName || process.key === selectedProcessDefinitionName );
+
         this.isFormCloudLoaded = false;
-        this.processPayloadCloud.processDefinitionKey = selectedProcess.key;
+        this.processPayloadCloud.processDefinitionKey = this.processDefinitionCurrent.key;
     }
 
     private getProcessDefinitionList(processDefinition: string): ProcessDefinitionCloud[] {
diff --git a/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/mock/start-process.component.mock.ts b/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/mock/start-process.component.mock.ts
index 97cd674705..1ebaba9849 100755
--- a/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/mock/start-process.component.mock.ts
+++ b/lib/process-services-cloud/src/lib/process/start-process/mock/start-process.component.mock.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ export let fakeProcessDefinitions: ProcessDefinitionCloud[] = [
         id: 'd00c0237-8772-11e9-859a-428f83d5904f',
         key: 'process-5151ad1d-f992-4ee6-9742-3a04617469fe',
         name: 'processwithform'
+    }),
+    new ProcessDefinitionCloud({
+        appName: 'startformwithoutupload',
+        formKey: 'form-a5d50817-5183-4850-802d-17af54b2632f',
+        id: 'd00c0237-8772-11e9-859a-428f83d5904f',
+        key: 'process-51251ad1d-f992-4ee6-9742-3a04617469f1',
+        name: 'process'
     })
 ];