diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/IndexerSearchTests/SearchDefinitionFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/IndexerSearchTests/SearchDefinitionFixture.cs
index 404ff54b4..873e0e450 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/IndexerSearchTests/SearchDefinitionFixture.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/IndexerSearchTests/SearchDefinitionFixture.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public void should_replace_some_special_characters_artist(string artist, string
         [TestCase("American III: Solitary Man", "American+III+Solitary+Man")]
         [TestCase("Sad Clowns & Hillbillies", "Sad+Clowns+Hillbillies")]
         [TestCase("¿Quién sabe?", "Quien+sabe")]
-        [TestCase("Seal the Deal & Let’s Boogie", "Seal+the+Deal+Lets+Boogie")]
+        [TestCase("Seal the Deal & Let’s Boogie", "Seal+the+Deal+Let’s+Boogie")]
         [TestCase("Section.80", "Section+80")]
         public void should_replace_some_special_characters(string album, string expected)
         {
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerSearch/Definitions/SearchCriteriaBase.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerSearch/Definitions/SearchCriteriaBase.cs
index 070854088..2f0512daa 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerSearch/Definitions/SearchCriteriaBase.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/IndexerSearch/Definitions/SearchCriteriaBase.cs
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.IndexerSearch.Definitions
 {
     public abstract class SearchCriteriaBase
     {
-        private static readonly Regex SpecialCharacter = new Regex(@"[`'’]", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled);
-        private static readonly Regex NonWord = new Regex(@"[\W]", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled);
+        private static readonly Regex NonWord = new Regex(@"[^\w`'’]", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled);
         private static readonly Regex BeginningThe = new Regex(@"^the\s", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase | RegexOptions.Compiled);
 
         public virtual bool MonitoredBooksOnly { get; set; }
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ public static string GetQueryTitle(string title)
 
             cleanTitle = cleanTitle.Replace(" & ", " ");
             cleanTitle = cleanTitle.Replace(".", " ");
-            cleanTitle = SpecialCharacter.Replace(cleanTitle, "");
             cleanTitle = NonWord.Replace(cleanTitle, "+");
 
             //remove any repeating +s