diff --git a/damus/Views/SearchResultsView.swift b/damus/Views/SearchResultsView.swift
index 321851c7..8f3548c7 100644
--- a/damus/Views/SearchResultsView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/SearchResultsView.swift
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func search_changed(profiles: Profiles, _ new: String) -> Search? {
     }
     
     if new.first! == "#" {
-        let ht = String(new.dropFirst())
+        let ht = String(new.dropFirst().filter{$0 != " "})
         return .hashtag(ht)
     }