diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/package.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/package.scala
index 20a46b3a..9ca8a0d0 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/package.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/package.scala
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ extension (queries: List[Query])
   def compile: Query = queries match
     case Nil      => matchAllQuery()
     case q :: Nil => q
-    case _        => boolQuery().must(queries)
+    case _        => boolQuery().filter(queries)
diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/study.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/study.scala
index d1881f7e..eda6af30 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/study.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/study.scala
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ object StudyQuery:
           multiMatchQuery(
             parsed.terms.mkString(" ")
           ).fields(searchableFields*).analyzer("english").matchType("most_fields")
-      must {
+      boolQuery().filter {
         matcher :: List(
           parsed("owner").map(termQuery(Fields.owner, _)),
           parsed("member").map(member =>