diff --git a/server/models/helpers/SearchHelper.test.ts b/server/models/helpers/SearchHelper.test.ts
index aa5323e878..03dc311a3a 100644
--- a/server/models/helpers/SearchHelper.test.ts
+++ b/server/models/helpers/SearchHelper.test.ts
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ describe("SearchHelper", () => {
         "this&is&a&test:*"
       );
     });
-    test("should now wildcard quoted queries", () => {
+    test("should not wildcard quoted queries", () => {
       expect(SearchHelper.webSearchQuery(`"this is a test"`)).toBe(
         `"this<->is<->a<->test"`
       );
diff --git a/server/models/helpers/SearchHelper.ts b/server/models/helpers/SearchHelper.ts
index c63e966f6c..28a393696b 100644
--- a/server/models/helpers/SearchHelper.ts
+++ b/server/models/helpers/SearchHelper.ts
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ export default class SearchHelper {
       const likelyUrls = getUrls(options.query);
 
       // remove likely urls, and escape the rest of the query.
-      const limitedQuery = this.escapeQuery(
+      let limitedQuery = this.escapeQuery(
         likelyUrls
           .reduce((q, url) => q.replace(url, ""), options.query)
           .slice(0, this.maxQueryLength)
@@ -482,6 +482,9 @@ export default class SearchHelper {
         (match) => match[1]
       );
 
+      // remove quoted queries from the limited query
+      limitedQuery = limitedQuery.replace(/"([^"]*)"/g, "");
+
       const iLikeQueries = [...quotedQueries, ...likelyUrls].slice(0, 3);
 
       for (const match of iLikeQueries) {