diff --git a/app/models/concerns/searchable_model.rb b/app/models/concerns/searchable_model.rb
index eda69282f..c20be637f 100644
--- a/app/models/concerns/searchable_model.rb
+++ b/app/models/concerns/searchable_model.rb
@@ -21,17 +21,34 @@ module SearchableModel
       end
 
       if query.is_a? Array
-        if (attrs.length > 0)
+
+        rich_text_regex = '<*strong>|<*href>|<*div>|' \
+        '<*link>|<*span>|<(.*)class(.*)>|<(.*)href(.*)>|' \
+        '<(.*)data(.*)>|<*sub>|<*sup>|<*blockquote>|<*li>|' \
+        '<(.*)style(.*)>|<*ol>|<*ul>|<*pre>'
+
+        if attrs.length > 0
           where_str =
-            (attrs.map.with_index { |a,i| "#{a} ILIKE ANY (array[ :t#{i}]) OR " }).join[0..-5]
-          vals = (attrs.map.with_index { |a,i| [ "t#{i}".to_sym, query ] }).to_h
+            (attrs.map.with_index do |a, i|
+              "REGEXP_REPLACE(#{a}, E'#{rich_text_regex}','', 'g')" \
+              "ILIKE ANY (array[ :t#{i}]) OR "
+            end
+            ).join[0..-5]
+          vals = (attrs.map.with_index do |a, i|
+                    ["t#{i}".to_sym, query]
+                  end
+                 ).to_h
 
           return where(where_str, vals)
         end
       else
-        if (attrs.length > 0)
+        if attrs.length > 0
           where_str =
-            (attrs.map.with_index { |a,i| "#{a} ILIKE :t#{i} OR " }).join[0..-5]
+            (attrs.map.with_index do |a, i|
+              "REGEXP_REPLACE(#{a}, E'#{rich_text_regex}'," \
+              " '', 'g' ) ILIKE :t#{i} OR "
+            end
+            ).join[0..-5]
           vals = (attrs.map.with_index { |a,i| [ "t#{i}".to_sym, "%#{query}%" ] }).to_h
 
           return where(where_str, vals)
@@ -39,4 +56,4 @@ module SearchableModel
       end
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end