diff --git a/app/controllers/universal_tables_controller.rb b/app/controllers/universal_tables_controller.rb
index 9af6641..292d332 100644
--- a/app/controllers/universal_tables_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/universal_tables_controller.rb
@@ -181,10 +181,13 @@ class UniversalTablesController < ApplicationController
 		if params["column"].present?
 				keywords = params["q"]
 				keywords = keywords.strip.nil? ? keywords : keywords.strip
-    			regexes = keywords.split(/\s+(?=(?:[^"]*"[^"]*")*[^"]*$)/)
-    			regex = Regexp.union(regexes.map{|word| Regexp.new(".*"+word+".*", "i")})
-
 				column = table.table_columns.where(:key => params["column"]).first
+				if column.make_categorizable
+					regex = Regexp.new(".*"+keywords+".*", "i")
+				else
+					regexes = keywords.split(/\s+(?=(?:[^"]*"[^"]*")*[^"]*$)/)
+    				regex = Regexp.union(regexes.map{|word| Regexp.new(".*"+word+".*", "i")})
+				end
 				if params["sort"].present?
 					column_to_sort = table.table_columns.where(:key => params["sortcolumn"]).first
 					case column_to_sort.type