# Using @ breaks adding groups to message

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-breaks-adding-groups-to-message/99721>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [October 17, 2018, 12:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-breaks-adding-groups-to-message/99721 "2018-10-17T12:27:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-breaks-adding-groups-to-message/99721/7 "2018-10-18T16:02:13Z")

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> [@nbianca](#):
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> The problem is that the query that gets to the server includes `@` which seemed to work fine for usernames ( `Search.ts_query` is pretty smart), but did not for groups.

Since they both use the same namespace, should they also use the same code path for search (on the server)?

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