diff --git a/ci4/app/Models/UserModel.php b/ci4/app/Models/UserModel.php
index 57cb4e7a..63fd7403 100644
--- a/ci4/app/Models/UserModel.php
+++ b/ci4/app/Models/UserModel.php
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ class UserModel extends ShieldUserModel
         else {
             $builder->groupStart();
             foreach ($search as $col_search) {
-                $builder->like(self::SORTABLE[$col_search[0]], $col_search[2]);
+                $column = self::SORTABLE[$col_search[0]];
+                $value = $col_search[2];
+                $builder->where("LOWER(CONVERT($column USING utf8)) COLLATE utf8_general_ci LIKE", "%" . strtolower($value) . "%");
             }
             $builder->groupEnd();
             return $builder;