diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_utils.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_utils.js.es6
index 6910cf171d441d86a8768501f40c32a338cc2f1c..443ac222f70461196dcdb25642fbe0aeff2b1fed 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_utils.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/filtered_search/dropdown_utils.js.es6
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@
       if (lastToken !== searchToken) {
         const title = updatedItem.title.toLowerCase();
         let value = lastToken.value.toLowerCase();
-
-        if ((value[0] === '"' || value[0] === '\'') && title.indexOf(' ') !== -1) {
-          value = value.slice(1);
-        }
+        value = value.replace(/"(.*?)"/g, str => str.slice(1).slice(0, -1));
 
         // Eg. filterSymbol = ~ for labels
         const matchWithoutSymbol = lastToken.symbol === filterSymbol && title.indexOf(value) !== -1;