diff --git a/dist/bundle.js b/dist/bundle.js
index e22c3dd..a792411 100644
--- a/dist/bundle.js
+++ b/dist/bundle.js
@@ -4346,7 +4346,10 @@ var doSearch = exports.doSearch = function doSearch(rawQuery) {
         data: { searchQuery: query }
       });
     }
-    fetch('https://lighthouse.lbry.io/search?s=' + query + '&size=' + size + '&from=' + from).then(_handleFetch2.default).then(function (data) {
+
+    // For some reason the app doesn't automatically encode the pound sign (#)
+    // If we don't do it manually everything after the '#' gets removed
+    fetch('https://lighthouse.lbry.io/search?s=' + query.replace('#', '%23') + '&size=' + size + '&from=' + from).then(_handleFetch2.default).then(function (data) {
       var uris = [];
       var actions = [];
 
diff --git a/src/redux/actions/search.js b/src/redux/actions/search.js
index eebeda4..2d48ced 100644
--- a/src/redux/actions/search.js
+++ b/src/redux/actions/search.js
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ export const doSearch = (
       data: { searchQuery: query },
     });
   }
-  fetch(`https://lighthouse.lbry.io/search?s=${query}&size=${size}&from=${from}`)
+
+  // For some reason the app doesn't automatically encode the pound sign (#)
+  // If we don't do it manually everything after the '#' gets removed
+  fetch(
+    `https://lighthouse.lbry.io/search?s=${query.replace('#', '%23')}&size=${size}&from=${from}`
+  )
     .then(handleFetchResponse)
     .then(data => {
       const uris = [];