diff --git a/search_list.lua b/search_list.lua
index 69bf157..5e5b0c1 100644
--- a/search_list.lua
+++ b/search_list.lua
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ return function(query)
 	for i=1, #words do
 		local exit = true
 		for j=1, #words[i]-1 do
-			if  string.find(words[i][j], query) then 
+			word = string.gsub(words[i][j],"%p","") 
+			if  string.find(word, query) then 
 				exit = false
 				break 
 			end