diff --git a/eveal/main.py b/eveal/main.py
index 07f61a4..ac8cd6f 100644
--- a/eveal/main.py
+++ b/eveal/main.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ async def sde_types_search(query: List[Dict[Literal["id", "name", "name_i", "mar
         qitems = db.query(models_sde.SDEType)
         for k in q.keys():
             if k.endswith("_i"):
-                qitems = qitems.filter(getattr(models_sde.SDEType, k[:-2]).contains(q[k]))
+                qitems = qitems.filter(getattr(models_sde.SDEType, k[:-2]).ilike(f"%{q[k]}%"))  # change to icontains when sqlmodel start using sqlalchemy > 2.0
             else:
                 qitems = qitems.filter(getattr(models_sde.SDEType, k) == q[k])
         items.extend(qitems.all())