diff --git a/app/Models/Search.php b/app/Models/Search.php
index 2e89ea05b..5cc7f8e8d 100644
--- a/app/Models/Search.php
+++ b/app/Models/Search.php
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ class FreshRSS_Search {
 		}
 		$this->raw_input = $input;
 
+		$input = preg_replace('/:"(.*?)"/', ':"\1"', $input);
+
 		$input = $this->parseNotIntitleSearch($input);
 		$input = $this->parseNotAuthorSearch($input);
 		$input = $this->parseNotInurlSearch($input);