diff --git a/common/templates/partial/_navbar.html b/common/templates/partial/_navbar.html
index 9644d729..5f71471a 100644
--- a/common/templates/partial/_navbar.html
+++ b/common/templates/partial/_navbar.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
diff --git a/common/views.py b/common/views.py
index aaa26e5c..5c5736c9 100644
--- a/common/views.py
+++ b/common/views.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def search(request):
query_args = []
# keywords
- keywords = request.GET.get("q", default='').split()
+ keywords = request.GET.get("q", default='').strip()
for keyword in keywords:
q = q | Q(title__icontains=keyword)
q = q | Q(subtitle__istartswith=keyword)