diff --git a/src/api/client/user_directory.rs b/src/api/client/user_directory.rs
index 748fc049..9a1f86b8 100644
--- a/src/api/client/user_directory.rs
+++ b/src/api/client/user_directory.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 use axum::extract::State;
 use conduwuit::{
 	Result,
-	utils::{
-		future::BoolExt,
-		stream::{BroadbandExt, ReadyExt},
-	},
+	utils::{future::BoolExt, stream::BroadbandExt},
 };
 use futures::{FutureExt, StreamExt, pin_mut};
 use ruma::{
@@ -37,17 +34,18 @@ pub(crate) async fn search_users_route(
 	let mut users = services
 		.users
 		.stream()
-		.ready_filter(|user_id| user_id.as_str().to_lowercase().contains(&search_term))
 		.map(ToOwned::to_owned)
 		.broad_filter_map(async |user_id| {
 			let display_name = services.users.displayname(&user_id).await.ok();
 
+			let user_id_matches = user_id.as_str().to_lowercase().contains(&search_term);
+
 			let display_name_matches = display_name
 				.as_deref()
 				.map(str::to_lowercase)
 				.is_some_and(|display_name| display_name.contains(&search_term));
 
-			if !display_name_matches {
+			if !user_id_matches && !display_name_matches {
 				return None;
 			}