diff --git a/lib/search.rb b/lib/search.rb
index 2dd6b100392..a22766ef190 100644
--- a/lib/search.rb
+++ b/lib/search.rb
@@ -462,7 +462,6 @@ class Search
 
     def self.ts_query(term, locale = nil, joiner = "&")
 
-
       data = Post.exec_sql("SELECT to_tsvector(:locale, :term)",
                             locale: locale || long_locale,
                             term: term
@@ -470,6 +469,10 @@ class Search
 
       locale = Post.sanitize(locale) if locale
       all_terms = data.scan(/'([^']+)'\:\d+/).flatten
+      all_terms.map! do |t|
+        t.split(/[\)\(&']/)[0]
+      end.compact!
+
       query = Post.sanitize(all_terms.map {|t| "#{PG::Connection.escape_string(t)}:*"}.join(" #{joiner} "))
       "TO_TSQUERY(#{locale || query_locale}, #{query})"
     end
diff --git a/spec/components/search_spec.rb b/spec/components/search_spec.rb
index f2b15a86d40..67af3e57eb5 100644
--- a/spec/components/search_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/search_spec.rb
@@ -443,5 +443,13 @@ describe Search do
     end
   end
 
+  it 'can parse complex strings using ts_query helper' do
+    str = " grigio:babel deprecated? "
+    str << "page page on Atmosphere](https://atmospherejs.com/grigio/babel)xxx:"
+
+    ts_query = Search.ts_query(str, "simple")
+    Post.exec_sql("SELECT to_tsvector('bbb') @@ " << ts_query)
+  end
+
 end