# Searching posts from usernames with special characters doesn't work

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-posts-from-usernames-with-special-characters-doesnt-work/238714
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** search
**Created:** [September 11, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-posts-from-usernames-with-special-characters-doesnt-work/238714 "2022-09-11T23:35:01Z")
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### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2022, 11:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/searching-posts-from-usernames-with-special-characters-doesnt-work/238714/1 "2022-09-11T23:35:01Z")

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Examples:  
[https://forum.monocycle.info/search?q=%40MouvementOndulatoireUnifié](https://forum.monocycle.info/search?q=%40MouvementOndulatoireUnifi%C3%A9)  
[https://forum.monocycle.info/search?q=%40Aurélien](https://forum.monocycle.info/search?q=%40Aur%C3%A9lien)

Search with usernames with no special characters work:  
[https://forum.monocycle.info/search?q=%40canapin](https://forum.monocycle.info/search?q=%40canapin)  
[https://forum.monocycle.info/search?q=%40bouin-bouin](https://forum.monocycle.info/search?q=%40bouin-bouin)

I’m using Discourse 2.9.0.beta9 ([c245b74398](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commits/c245b7439822e551cd40fece852ca92eb9243ae6))