diff --git a/activities/views/search.py b/activities/views/search.py
index cf62410..b175052 100644
--- a/activities/views/search.py
+++ b/activities/views/search.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from django import forms
 from django.views.generic import FormView
 
-from users.models import Identity
+from users.models import Domain, Identity
 
 
 class Search(FormView):
@@ -15,12 +15,28 @@ class Search(FormView):
         query = form.cleaned_data["query"].lstrip("@").lower()
         results = {"identities": set()}
         # Search identities
+
         if "@" in query:
             username, domain = query.split("@", 1)
-            for identity in Identity.objects.filter(
-                domain_id=domain, username=username
-            )[:20]:
+
+            # Resolve the domain to the display domain
+            domain_instance = Domain.get_domain(domain)
+            try:
+                if domain_instance is None:
+                    raise Identity.DoesNotExist()
+                identity = Identity.objects.get(
+                    domain=domain_instance, username=username
+                )
+            except Identity.DoesNotExist:
+                if self.request.identity is not None:
+                    # Allow authenticated users to fetch remote
+                    identity = Identity.by_username_and_domain(
+                        username, domain, fetch=True
+                    )
+                identity = None
+            if identity:
                 results["identities"].add(identity)
+
         else:
             for identity in Identity.objects.filter(username=query)[:20]:
                 results["identities"].add(identity)