diff --git a/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts b/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
index 4264fbc1a..3baad9cc3 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/services/library_item.ts
@@ -181,15 +181,14 @@ export const buildQuery = (
         return null
       }
 
-      const param = 'implicit_field'
-      const alias = 'rank'
+      const param = `implicit_field_${parameters.length}`
+      const alias = `rank_${parameters.length}`
       selects.push({
         column: `ts_rank_cd(library_item.search_tsv, websearch_to_tsquery('english', :${param}))`,
         alias,
       })
 
-      // always sort by rank first
-      orders.unshift({ by: alias, order: SortOrder.DESCENDING })
+      orders.push({ by: alias, order: SortOrder.DESCENDING })
 
       return escapeQueryWithParameters(
         `websearch_to_tsquery('english', :${param}) @@ library_item.search_tsv`,
@@ -532,6 +531,7 @@ export const buildQuery = (
         }
         case 'use':
         case 'mode':
+        case 'event':
           // mode is ignored and used only by the frontend
           return null
         case 'readPosition':
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/search.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/search.ts
index 167b80acf..196cd652f 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/search.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/search.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ export const parseSearchQuery = (query: string): LiqeQuery => {
     .replace('in:library', 'no:subscription') // compatibility with old search
     // wrap the value behind colon in quotes if it's not already
     .replace(/(\w+):("([^"]+)"|([^")\s]+))/g, '$1:"$3$4"')
+    // remove any quotes that are in the array value for example: label:"test","test2" -> label:"test,test2"
+    .replace(/","/g, ',')
 
   return parse(searchQuery)
 }