diff --git a/app/controllers/v1/feed_controller.rb b/app/controllers/v1/feed_controller.rb
index 39e8c135bb5c36eec94f9561d0ddb7fc93cb7dda..c4d4f020bbda622096fac19bb78133366fb2c488 100644
--- a/app/controllers/v1/feed_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/v1/feed_controller.rb
@@ -59,9 +59,13 @@ class V1::FeedController < ApplicationController
 
       end
     end
+
     if query[-1] == "r"
       values[0] = query[0..-3] # remove trailing "or" on the query
+    else
+      values[0] = query
     end
+
     return [] if query.blank?
     return PublicActivity::Activity.where(key: activities_filter).where(values).order(created_at: :desc)
   end