diff --git a/ui/component/searchOptions/view.jsx b/ui/component/searchOptions/view.jsx
index 0b0090beb..67d12a7c8 100644
--- a/ui/component/searchOptions/view.jsx
+++ b/ui/component/searchOptions/view.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 import { SEARCH_OPTIONS } from 'constants/search';
 import * as ICONS from 'constants/icons';
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { useMemo } from 'react';
 import { Form, FormField } from 'component/common/form';
 import Button from 'component/button';
 
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ const SearchOptions = (props: Props) => {
   const { options, setSearchOption, expanded, toggleSearchExpanded } = props;
   const resultCount = options[SEARCH_OPTIONS.RESULT_COUNT];
 
+  const isFilteringByChannel = useMemo(() => {
+    const claimType = String(options[SEARCH_OPTIONS.CLAIM_TYPE] || '');
+    return claimType.includes(SEARCH_OPTIONS.INCLUDE_CHANNELS);
+  }, [options]);
+
   return (
     <div>
       <Button
@@ -54,7 +59,7 @@ const SearchOptions = (props: Props) => {
             ))}
           </fieldset>
 
-          <fieldset>
+          <fieldset disabled={isFilteringByChannel}>
             <legend className="search__legend">{__('Type')}</legend>
             {[
               {
@@ -85,7 +90,7 @@ const SearchOptions = (props: Props) => {
                 blockWrap={false}
                 disabled={options[SEARCH_OPTIONS.CLAIM_TYPE] === SEARCH_OPTIONS.INCLUDE_CHANNELS}
                 label={label}
-                checked={options[option]}
+                checked={!isFilteringByChannel && options[option]}
                 onChange={() => setSearchOption(option, !options[option])}
               />
             ))}
@@ -97,7 +102,7 @@ const SearchOptions = (props: Props) => {
               type="select"
               name="result-count"
               value={resultCount}
-              onChange={e => setSearchOption(SEARCH_OPTIONS.RESULT_COUNT, e.target.value)}
+              onChange={(e) => setSearchOption(SEARCH_OPTIONS.RESULT_COUNT, e.target.value)}
               blockWrap={false}
               label={__('Returned Results')}
             >
diff --git a/ui/util/query-params.js b/ui/util/query-params.js
index f6676274f..7acf507c6 100644
--- a/ui/util/query-params.js
+++ b/ui/util/query-params.js
@@ -46,9 +46,12 @@ export const getSearchQueryString = (query: string, options: any = {}) => {
     if (claimType) {
       queryParams.push(`claimType=${claimType}`);
 
-      const searchingFiles = claimType.includes(SEARCH_OPTIONS.INCLUDE_FILES);
-
-      if (searchingFiles) {
+      /*
+       * Due to limitations in lighthouse, we can't pass
+       * the mediaType parameter when searching for
+       * channels or "everything".
+       */
+      if (!claimType.includes(SEARCH_OPTIONS.INCLUDE_CHANNELS)) {
         queryParams.push(
           `mediaType=${[
             SEARCH_OPTIONS.MEDIA_FILE,