diff --git a/client/components/Search/BaseList.js b/client/components/Search/BaseList.js
index 0a8113f..ddc7b9d 100644
--- a/client/components/Search/BaseList.js
+++ b/client/components/Search/BaseList.js
@@ -391,8 +391,8 @@ export default class BaseList {
             } else if (searchValue[0] == '~') {//RegExp
 
                 searchValue = searchValue.substring(1);
-                const re = new RegExp(searchValue, 'gi');
-                return re.exec(bookValue);
+                const re = new RegExp(searchValue, 'i');
+                return re.test(bookValue);
             } else {
                 //where = `@dirtyIndexLR('value', ${db.esc(a)}, ${db.esc(a + maxUtf8Char)})`;
                 return bookValue.localeCompare(searchValue) >= 0 && bookValue.localeCompare(searchValue + maxUtf8Char) <= 0;
diff --git a/server/core/DbSearcher.js b/server/core/DbSearcher.js
index 69697a4..79cceb2 100644
--- a/server/core/DbSearcher.js
+++ b/server/core/DbSearcher.js
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ class DbSearcher {
             a = a.substring(1);
             where = `
                 await (async() => {
-                    const re = new RegExp(${db.esc(a)}, 'gi');
-                    @@indexIter('value', (v) => re.exec(v) );
+                    const re = new RegExp(${db.esc(a)}, 'i');
+                    @@indexIter('value', (v) => re.test(v) );
                 })()
             `;
         } else {
@@ -577,8 +577,8 @@ class DbSearcher {
 
                     return `
                         (() => {
-                            const re = new RegExp(${db.esc(searchValue)}, 'gi');
-                            return re.exec(row.${bookField});
+                            const re = new RegExp(${db.esc(searchValue)}, 'i');
+                            return re.test(row.${bookField});
                         })()
                     `;
                 } else {
diff --git a/server/core/opds/BasePage.js b/server/core/opds/BasePage.js
index fba01bb..fd5abe4 100644
--- a/server/core/opds/BasePage.js
+++ b/server/core/opds/BasePage.js
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ class BasePage {
             } else if (searchValue[0] == '~') {//RegExp
 
                 searchValue = searchValue.substring(1);
-                const re = new RegExp(searchValue, 'gi');
-                return re.exec(bookValue);
+                const re = new RegExp(searchValue, 'i');
+                return re.test(bookValue);
             } else {
                 //where = `@dirtyIndexLR('value', ${db.esc(a)}, ${db.esc(a + maxUtf8Char)})`;
                 return bookValue.localeCompare(searchValue) >= 0 && bookValue.localeCompare(searchValue + maxUtf8Char) <= 0;