diff --git a/bookwyrm/tests/test_views.py b/bookwyrm/tests/test_views.py
index bb8a5ff2..cc621eba 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/tests/test_views.py
@@ -211,6 +211,19 @@ class Views(TestCase):
             response.context_data['book_results'][0].title, 'Gideon the Ninth')
 
 
+    def test_search_html_response_users(self):
+        ''' searches remote connectors '''
+        request = self.factory.get('', {'q': 'mouse'})
+        with patch('bookwyrm.views.is_api_request') as is_api:
+            is_api.return_value = False
+            with patch('bookwyrm.connectors.connector_manager.search'):
+                response = views.search(request)
+        self.assertIsInstance(response, TemplateResponse)
+        self.assertEqual(response.template_name, 'search_results.html')
+        self.assertEqual(
+            response.context_data['user_results'][0], self.local_user)
+
+
     def test_import_page(self):
         ''' there are so many views, this just makes sure it LOADS '''
         request = self.factory.get('')
diff --git a/bookwyrm/views.py b/bookwyrm/views.py
index b518c4fa..b823a1a5 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/views.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/views.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required, permission_required
 from django.contrib.postgres.search import TrigramSimilarity
 from django.core.paginator import Paginator
 from django.db.models import Avg, Q
+from django.db.models.functions import Greatest
 from django.http import HttpResponseNotFound, JsonResponse
 from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect
@@ -234,7 +235,10 @@ def search(request):
 
     # do a local user search
     user_results = models.User.objects.annotate(
-        similarity=TrigramSimilarity('username', query),
+        similarity=Greatest(
+            TrigramSimilarity('username', query),
+            TrigramSimilarity('localname', query),
+        )
     ).filter(
         similarity__gt=0.5,
     ).order_by('-similarity')[:10]