diff --git a/api/api/controllers/search_controller.py b/api/api/controllers/search_controller.py
index b7420ca02ef..417affb5c10 100644
--- a/api/api/controllers/search_controller.py
+++ b/api/api/controllers/search_controller.py
@@ -302,13 +302,12 @@ def build_search_query(
 
         search_queries["must"].append(Q("simple_query_string", **base_query_kwargs))
         # Boost exact matches on the title
-        quotes_stripped = query.replace('"', "")
         exact_match_boost = Q(
-            "simple_query_string",
-            flags=DEFAULT_SQS_FLAGS,
-            fields=["title"],
-            query=f"{quotes_stripped}",
-            boost=10000,
+            "match_phrase",
+            title = {
+                "query":query,
+                "boost":10000
+            }
         )
         search_queries["should"].append(exact_match_boost)
     else: