diff --git a/webui_server.py b/webui_server.py
index b8a8ef6..a66b8fc 100644
--- a/webui_server.py
+++ b/webui_server.py
@@ -1797,10 +1797,12 @@ class TelegramScraperRequestHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             limit = max(1, min(int(query.get("limit", ["120"])[0]), 300))
             before = query.get("before")
             before_message_id = int(before[0]) if before else None
+            search = (query.get("search") or query.get("q") or [""])[0].strip()
             payload = {
                 "channel_id": channel_id,
                 "messages": load_messages(
-                    None, channel_id, limit=limit, before_message_id=before_message_id
+                    None, channel_id, limit=limit, before_message_id=before_message_id,
+                    search=search or None
                 ),
                 "channel": next(
                     (