diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/QueryBuilder.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/QueryBuilder.cs
index 0b736aed8..a819f94b7 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/QueryBuilder.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Core/Plugin/QueryBuilder.cs
@@ -24,13 +24,13 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Core.Plugin
             if (nonGlobalPlugins.TryGetValue(possibleActionKeyword, out var pluginPair) && !pluginPair.Metadata.Disabled)
             { // use non global plugin for query
                 actionKeyword = possibleActionKeyword;
-                search = terms.Length > 1 ? rawQuery[(actionKeyword.Length + 1)..] : string.Empty;
+                search = terms.Length > 1 ? rawQuery[(actionKeyword.Length + 1)..].TrimStart() : string.Empty;
                 searchTerms = terms[1..];
             }
             else
             { // non action keyword
                 actionKeyword = string.Empty;
-                search = rawQuery;
+                search = rawQuery.TrimStart();
                 searchTerms = terms;
             }