diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetModelsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetModelsController.php
index 4003511c9e..24f2451d55 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetModelsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetModelsController.php
@@ -36,14 +36,15 @@ class AssetModelsController extends Controller
             ->with('category','depreciation', 'manufacturer','fieldset')
             ->withCount('assets');
 
-        if ($request->has('search')) {
-            $assetmodels->TextSearch($request->input('search'));
-        }
+
 
         if ($request->has('status')) {
             $assetmodels->onlyTrashed();
         }
 
+        if ($request->has('search')) {
+            $assetmodels->TextSearch($request->input('search'));
+        }
 
         $offset = $request->input('offset', 0);
         $limit = $request->input('limit', 50);
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ class AssetModelsController extends Controller
         }
 
 
+
         $total = $assetmodels->count();
         $assetmodels = $assetmodels->skip($offset)->take($limit)->get();
         return (new AssetModelsTransformer)->transformAssetModels($assetmodels, $total);
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php
index 0c5f7c013b..bdde23cc27 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/AssetsController.php
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
      */
     public function index(Request $request)
     {
+
         $this->authorize('index', Asset::class);
 
         $allowed_columns = [
@@ -78,30 +79,28 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
         ];
 
         $filter = array();
+
         if ($request->has('filter')) {
             $filter = json_decode($request->input('filter'));
         }
 
-
         $all_custom_fields = CustomField::all(); //used as a 'cache' of custom fields throughout this page load
         foreach ($all_custom_fields as $field) {
             $allowed_columns[]=$field->db_column_name();
         }
 
-        $assets = Company::scopeCompanyables(Asset::select('assets.*'),"company_id","assets")->with(
-            'location', 'assetstatus', 'assetlog', 'company', 'defaultLoc','assignedTo',
+        $assets = Company::scopeCompanyables(Asset::select('assets.*'),"company_id","assets")
+            ->with('location', 'assetstatus', 'assetlog', 'company', 'defaultLoc','assignedTo',
             'model.category', 'model.manufacturer', 'model.fieldset','supplier');
 
 
-        if (count($filter) > 0) {
-            $assets->ByFilter($filter);
-        } elseif ($request->has('search')) {
-            $assets->TextSearch($request->input('search'));
-        }
 
 
 
-        // These are used by the API to query against specific ID numbers
+
+        // These are used by the API to query against specific ID numbers.
+        // They are also used by the individual searches on detail pages like
+        // locations, etc.
         if ($request->has('status_id')) {
             $assets->where('assets.status_id', '=', $request->input('status_id'));
         }
@@ -116,6 +115,7 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
 
         if ($request->has('location_id')) {
             $assets->where('assets.location_id', '=', $request->input('location_id'));
+           // dd($assets->toSql());
         }
 
         if ($request->has('supplier_id')) {
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
         $limit = $request->input('limit', 50);
         $order = $request->input('order') === 'asc' ? 'asc' : 'desc';
 
-
         // This is used by the sidenav, mostly
 
         // We switched from using query scopes here because of a Laravel bug
@@ -205,6 +204,12 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
                 });
         }
 
+        if (count($filter) > 0) {
+            $assets->ByFilter($filter);
+        } elseif ($request->has('search')) {
+            $assets->TextSearch($request->input('search'));
+        }
+
 
         // This is kinda gross, but we need to do this because the Bootstrap Tables
         // API passes custom field ordering as custom_fields.fieldname, and we have to strip
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/LicensesController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/LicensesController.php
index 59ef32e617..3d9614caa3 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/LicensesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/LicensesController.php
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ class LicensesController extends Controller
         $this->authorize('view', License::class);
         $licenses = Company::scopeCompanyables(License::with('company', 'manufacturer', 'freeSeats', 'supplier')->withCount('freeSeats'));
 
-        if ($request->has('search')) {
-            $licenses = $licenses->TextSearch($request->input('search'));
-        }
 
         if ($request->has('company_id')) {
             $licenses->where('company_id','=',$request->input('company_id'));
@@ -73,6 +70,12 @@ class LicensesController extends Controller
             $licenses->where('supplier_id','=',$request->input('supplier_id'));
         }
 
+
+        if ($request->has('search')) {
+            $licenses = $licenses->TextSearch($request->input('search'));
+        }
+
+
         $offset = request('offset', 0);
         $limit = request('limit', 50);
         $order = $request->input('order') === 'asc' ? 'asc' : 'desc';
@@ -94,7 +97,8 @@ class LicensesController extends Controller
                 $licenses = $licenses->orderBy($sort, $order);
                 break;
         }
-        
+
+
 
         $total = $licenses->count();
 
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/UsersController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/UsersController.php
index 27bb31fbf5..4d12c7bd71 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/UsersController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/UsersController.php
@@ -58,11 +58,6 @@ class UsersController extends Controller
         $users = Company::scopeCompanyables($users);
 
 
-        if ($request->has('search')) {
-            $users = $users->TextSearch($request->input('search'));
-        }
-
-
         if (($request->has('deleted')) && ($request->input('deleted')=='true')) {
             $users = $users->GetDeleted();
         }
@@ -83,6 +78,10 @@ class UsersController extends Controller
             $users = $users->where('users.department_id','=',$request->input('department_id'));
         }
 
+        if ($request->has('search')) {
+            $users = $users->TextSearch($request->input('search'));
+        }
+
         $order = $request->input('order') === 'asc' ? 'asc' : 'desc';
         $offset = request('offset', 0);
         $limit = request('limit',  20);
@@ -111,6 +110,8 @@ class UsersController extends Controller
                 $users = $users->orderBy($sort, $order);
                 break;
         }
+
+
         $total = $users->count();
         $users = $users->skip($offset)->take($limit)->get();
         return (new UsersTransformer)->transformUsers($users, $total);