diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Test/Plugins/ExplorerTest.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Test/Plugins/ExplorerTest.cs
index 055a358bc..18426bafb 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Test/Plugins/ExplorerTest.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Test/Plugins/ExplorerTest.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,21 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Test.Plugins
                 $"Actual: {result}{Environment.NewLine}");
         }
 
+        [TestCase("C:\\Dropbox", "SELECT TOP 100 System.FileName, System.ItemPathDisplay FROM SystemIndex WHERE directory='file:C:\\Dropbox'")]
+        public void GivenWindowsIndexSearch_WhenSearchTypeIsSearchTopFolderLevel_ThenQueryShouldUseExpectedString(string folderPath, string expectedString)
+        {
+            // Given
+            var queryConstructor = new QueryConstructor(new Settings());
+            
+            //When            
+            var queryString = queryConstructor.QueryForTopLevelDirectorySearch(folderPath);
+            
+            Assert.IsTrue(queryString == expectedString,
+                $"Expected QueryWhereRestrictions string: {expectedString}{Environment.NewLine} " +
+                $"Actual string was: {queryString}{Environment.NewLine}");
+        }
+        
+
         public void GivenWindowsIndexSearch_WhenSearchAllFoldersAndFiles_ThenQueryWhereRestrictionsShouldUseScopeString() { }
 
         public void GivenWindowsIndexSearch_WhenReturnedNilAndIsNotIndexed_ThenSearchMethodShouldContinueDirectoryInfoClassSearch() { }
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.csproj b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.csproj
index 5f1ec0544..821c92714 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.csproj
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.csproj
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
     <OutputPath>..\..\Output\Release\Plugins\Flow.Launcher.Explorer</OutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="tlbimp-Microsoft.Search.Interop" Version="1.0.0" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure\Flow.Launcher.Infrastructure.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Flow.Launcher.Plugin\Flow.Launcher.Plugin.csproj" />
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/QueryConstructor.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/QueryConstructor.cs
index db2d80858..ab3d529ef 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/QueryConstructor.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer/Search/WindowsIndex/QueryConstructor.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using Microsoft.Search.Interop;
+using Microsoft.Search.Interop;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
@@ -51,5 +51,14 @@ namespace Flow.Launcher.Plugin.Explorer.Search.WindowsIndex
             return $"directory='file:{path}'";
         }
 
+        public string QueryForTopLevelDirectorySearch(string folderPath)
+        {
+            string query = "SELECT TOP " + _settings.MaxResult + $" {CreateBaseQuery().QuerySelectColumns} FROM {SystemIndex} WHERE ";
+
+            query += QueryWhereRestrictionsForTopLevelDirectorySearch(folderPath);
+
+            return query;
+        }
+
     }
 }