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diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 16ab922..62a5142 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org' do
   # date range picker
   gem 'bootstrap-daterangepicker-rails'
 
+  # full text search for postgresql
+  gem 'textacular'
+
   # localization
   gem 'globalize'
   gem 'globalize-accessors'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 901929d..93a1458 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -979,6 +979,8 @@ GEM
     term-ansicolor (1.3.2)
       tins (~> 1.0)
     terminal-table (1.5.2)
+    textacular (3.2.2)
+      activerecord (>= 3.0, < 5.0)
     thor (0.19.1)
     thread (0.2.2)
     thread_safe (0.3.5)
@@ -1218,6 +1220,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   spring-commands-sidekiq
   swagger-blocks
   syslogger (~> 1.6.0)
+  textacular
   tunemygc
   turbolinks
   turnout
diff --git a/app/controllers/attendees_controller.rb b/app/controllers/attendees_controller.rb
index f5a316e..6c4c70b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/attendees_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/attendees_controller.rb
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ class AttendeesController < ApplicationController
         attendee_ids = @attendees.select{ |attendee| attendee.pending_payments_humanized.downcase.include?(search_text_down) }.map &:id
         @attendees = @attendees.where(id: attendee_ids)
       else
-        @attendees = @attendees.where("attendees.#{@search_field} ILIKE ?", "%#{@search_text}%")
+        @attendees = @attendees.basic_search(@search_field => @search_text)
       end
     end
 
     # assign all approved/waitlist attendees to gon.attendees before do pagination
-    gon.attendees = @attendees.ids
+    gon.attendees = @attendees.select(:id).collect(&:id)
 
     if @sort_column == 'id'
       @attendees = @attendees.order("attendees.id #{@sort_order}").page(@page).per(@per_page)
diff --git a/app/models/attendee.rb b/app/models/attendee.rb
index 9a1ed76..7feaa6d 100644
--- a/app/models/attendee.rb
+++ b/app/models/attendee.rb
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ class Attendee < ActiveRecord::Base
 
   store_accessor :custom_attendee_fields
 
+  def self.searchable_language
+    'simple'
+  end
+
   def going?
     group = self.rsvp_groups.first
     group && group.kind.yes?