diff --git a/base.php b/base.php
index 731c85e..8648b55 100644
--- a/base.php
+++ b/base.php
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ function normalize_word_sound($word, $cback=null) {
 
 function normalize_for_search($str) {
 	if (trim($str) === '') return '';
-	$str = strip_tags(trim($str));
+	$str = trim(strip_tags(str_replace('>', '> ', $str)));
 	$str = strtolower(remove_accents($str));
 	$str = preg_replace('/[^a-z0-9]+/', ' ', $str);
 	$str = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $str);