diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts b/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
index f4809b8bb..ee284a3b1 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
@@ -639,6 +639,7 @@ export const searchLibraryItems = async (
 ): Promise<{ libraryItems: LibraryItem[]; count: number }> => {
   const { from = 0, size = 10 } = args
 
+  // select all columns except content
   const selects: Select[] = getColumns(libraryItemRepository)
     .map((column) => ({ column: `library_item.${column}` }))
     .filter(
@@ -653,6 +654,8 @@ export const searchLibraryItems = async (
 
   if (args.query) {
     const searchQuery = parseSearchQuery(args.query)
+
+    // build query and save parameters
     query = buildQuery(
       searchQuery,
       parameters,
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/search.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/search.ts
index 5de97c6b4..167b80acf 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/search.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/search.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export const parseSearchQuery = (query: string): LiqeQuery => {
     .replace('in:subscription', 'has:subscriptions') // compatibility with old search
     .replace('in:library', 'no:subscription') // compatibility with old search
     // wrap the value behind colon in quotes if it's not already
-    .replace(/(\w+):("([^"]+)"|([^"\s]+))/g, '$1:"$3$4"')
+    .replace(/(\w+):("([^"]+)"|([^")\s]+))/g, '$1:"$3$4"')
 
   return parse(searchQuery)
 }