diff --git a/src/components/SearchContainer/SearchContainer.jsx b/src/components/SearchContainer/SearchContainer.jsx
index f24f7ee49..f7f5e791d 100644
--- a/src/components/SearchContainer/SearchContainer.jsx
+++ b/src/components/SearchContainer/SearchContainer.jsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import GlyphiconSpan from '../GlyphiconSpan';
 import Icon from '../Icon';
 import TabContainer from './TabContainer';
+import {escapeRegExp} from 'utils';
 
 export default class SearchContainer extends Component {
     constructor(props){
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ export default class SearchContainer extends Component {
                     let sp = query.split(':');
                     let type = sp[0];
                     let term = sp[1];
+                    term = escapeRegExp(term);
                     let t = '(?i).*' + term + '.*';
                     
                     let labels = ["OU","GPO","User","Computer","Group","Domain"];
@@ -76,7 +78,8 @@ export default class SearchContainer extends Component {
                         }.bind(this));
                     
                 }else{
-                    let t = '(?i).*' + query + '.*';
+                    let q = escapeRegExp(query);
+                    let t = '(?i).*' + q + '.*';
                     let data = [];
                     session.run("MATCH (n) WHERE n.name =~ {name} OR n.guid =~ {name} RETURN n LIMIT 10", { name: t })
                         .then(function (results) {
@@ -260,6 +263,7 @@ export default class SearchContainer extends Component {
                     let sp = query.split(':');
                     let type = sp[0];
                     let term = sp[1];
+                    term = escapeRegExp(term);
                     let t = '(?i).*' + term + '.*';
 
                     let labels = ["OU", "GPO", "User", "Computer", "Group", "Domain"];
@@ -292,7 +296,8 @@ export default class SearchContainer extends Component {
                         }.bind(this));
 
                 } else {
-                    let t = '(?i).*' + query + '.*';
+                    let q = escapeRegExp(query);
+                    let t = '(?i).*' + q + '.*';
                     let data = [];
                     session.run("MATCH (n) WHERE n.name =~ {name} OR n.guid =~ {name} RETURN n LIMIT 10", { name: t })
                         .then(function (results) {
@@ -455,6 +460,8 @@ export default class SearchContainer extends Component {
         });
     }
 
+    
+
     _onPathfindClick(){
         jQuery(this.refs.pathfinding).slideToggle();
         var p = !this.state.pathfindingIsOpen;
diff --git a/src/js/utils.js b/src/js/utils.js
index 36a94df6c..84e97ee6b 100644
--- a/src/js/utils.js
+++ b/src/js/utils.js
@@ -658,4 +658,8 @@ export function buildACLProps(rows) {
     });
 
     return datadict;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+export function escapeRegExp(str) {
+    return str.replace(/[\-\[\]\/\{\}\(\)\*\+\?\.\\\^\$\|]/g, "\\$&");
+}