diff --git a/services/bookmarkservice.php b/services/bookmarkservice.php
index 5a0137e..e77e40d 100644
--- a/services/bookmarkservice.php
+++ b/services/bookmarkservice.php
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ class BookmarkService {
 		if ($terms) {
 			// Multiple search terms okay
 			$aTerms = explode(' ', $terms);
-			$aTerms = array_map('trim', $aTerms);
+			$aTerms = array_map('trim', $aTerms);	
 
 			// Search terms in tags as well when none given
 			if (!count($tags)) {
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ class BookmarkService {
 			for ($i = 0; $i < count($aTerms); $i++) {
 				$query_4 .= ' AND (B.bTitle LIKE "%'. $this->db->sql_escape($aTerms[$i]) .'%"';
 				$query_4 .= ' OR B.bDescription LIKE "%'. $this->db->sql_escape($aTerms[$i]) .'%"';
+				$query_4 .= ' OR U.username = "'. $this->db->sql_escape($aTerms[$i]) .'"'; //exact match for username
 				if ($dotags) {
 					$query_4 .= ' OR T.tag = "'. $this->db->sql_escape($aTerms[$i]) .'"';
 				}