diff --git a/app/Repos/BookRepo.php b/app/Repos/BookRepo.php
index d8a24c099..4b45a1a0b 100644
--- a/app/Repos/BookRepo.php
+++ b/app/Repos/BookRepo.php
@@ -226,7 +226,14 @@ class BookRepo
      */
     public function getBySearch($term, $count = 20, $paginationAppends = [])
     {
-        $terms = explode(' ', $term);
+        preg_match_all('/"(.*?)"/', $term, $matches);
+        if (count($matches[1]) > 0) {
+            $terms = $matches[1];
+            $term = trim(preg_replace('/"(.*?)"/', '', $term));
+        } else {
+            $terms = [];
+        }
+        $terms = array_merge($terms, explode(' ', $term));
         $books = $this->book->fullTextSearchQuery(['name', 'description'], $terms)
             ->paginate($count)->appends($paginationAppends);
         $words = join('|', explode(' ', preg_quote(trim($term), '/')));
diff --git a/app/Repos/ChapterRepo.php b/app/Repos/ChapterRepo.php
index bba6cbe7a..a3ed0a837 100644
--- a/app/Repos/ChapterRepo.php
+++ b/app/Repos/ChapterRepo.php
@@ -131,7 +131,14 @@ class ChapterRepo
      */
     public function getBySearch($term, $whereTerms = [], $count = 20, $paginationAppends = [])
     {
-        $terms = explode(' ', $term);
+        preg_match_all('/"(.*?)"/', $term, $matches);
+        if (count($matches[1]) > 0) {
+            $terms = $matches[1];
+            $term = trim(preg_replace('/"(.*?)"/', '', $term));
+        } else {
+            $terms = [];
+        }
+        $terms = array_merge($terms, explode(' ', $term));
         $chapters = $this->chapter->fullTextSearchQuery(['name', 'description'], $terms, $whereTerms)
             ->paginate($count)->appends($paginationAppends);
         $words = join('|', explode(' ', preg_quote(trim($term), '/')));
diff --git a/app/Repos/PageRepo.php b/app/Repos/PageRepo.php
index f028a1fcc..fa5f7dd01 100644
--- a/app/Repos/PageRepo.php
+++ b/app/Repos/PageRepo.php
@@ -201,7 +201,14 @@ class PageRepo
      */
     public function getBySearch($term, $whereTerms = [], $count = 20, $paginationAppends = [])
     {
-        $terms = explode(' ', $term);
+        preg_match_all('/"(.*?)"/', $term, $matches);
+        if (count($matches[1]) > 0) {
+            $terms = $matches[1];
+            $term = trim(preg_replace('/"(.*?)"/', '', $term));
+        } else {
+            $terms = [];
+        }
+        $terms = array_merge($terms, explode(' ', $term));
         $pages = $this->page->fullTextSearchQuery(['name', 'text'], $terms, $whereTerms)
             ->paginate($count)->appends($paginationAppends);