diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index 0b825cc399..f758c37ee6 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ function hex2bin($s) {
 		return '';
 
 	if(! ctype_xdigit($s)) {
-		logger('hex2bin: illegal input: ' . print_r(debug_backtrace(), true));
 		return($s);
 	}
 
diff --git a/mod/search.php b/mod/search.php
index 50e7a6abc7..6495fc8e5f 100755
--- a/mod/search.php
+++ b/mod/search.php
@@ -97,19 +97,16 @@ function search_content(&$a) {
 	// OR your own posts if you are a logged in member
 	// No items will be shown if the member has a blocked profile wall. 
 
-	$s_regx  = sprintf("AND ( `item`.`body` REGEXP '%s' OR `item`.`tag` REGEXP '%s' )", 
-		dbesc(preg_quote($search)), dbesc('\\]' . preg_quote($search) . '\\['));
-
-	$search_alg = $s_regx;
-
 	$r = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `total`
 		FROM `item` LEFT JOIN `contact` ON `contact`.`id` = `item`.`contact-id` LEFT JOIN `user` ON `user`.`uid` = `item`.`uid`
 		WHERE `item`.`visible` = 1 AND `item`.`deleted` = 0 and `item`.`moderated` = 0
 		AND (( `item`.`allow_cid` = ''  AND `item`.`allow_gid` = '' AND `item`.`deny_cid`  = '' AND `item`.`deny_gid`  = '' AND `item`.`private` = 0 AND `user`.`hidewall` = 0) 
 			OR `item`.`uid` = %d )
 		AND `contact`.`blocked` = 0 AND `contact`.`pending` = 0
-		$search_alg ",
-		intval(local_user())
+		AND ( `item`.`body` REGEXP '%s' OR `item`.`tag` REGEXP '%s' )", 
+		intval(local_user()),
+		dbesc(preg_quote($search)), 
+		dbesc('\\]' . preg_quote($search) . '\\[')
 	);
 
 	if(count($r))
@@ -131,9 +128,11 @@ function search_content(&$a) {
 		AND (( `item`.`allow_cid` = ''  AND `item`.`allow_gid` = '' AND `item`.`deny_cid`  = '' AND `item`.`deny_gid`  = '' AND `item`.`private` = 0 AND `user`.`hidewall` = 0 ) 
 			OR `item`.`uid` = %d )
 		AND `contact`.`blocked` = 0 AND `contact`.`pending` = 0
-		$search_alg
+		AND ( `item`.`body` REGEXP '%s' OR `item`.`tag` REGEXP '%s' ) 
 		ORDER BY `received` DESC LIMIT %d , %d ",
 		intval(local_user()),
+		dbesc(preg_quote($search)), 
+		dbesc('\\]' . preg_quote($search) . '\\['),
 		intval($a->pager['start']),
 		intval($a->pager['itemspage'])