diff --git a/storage/utils.go b/storage/utils.go
index 3e2d294..ce2cbbb 100644
--- a/storage/utils.go
+++ b/storage/utils.go
@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ func createSearchText(env *enmime.Envelope) string {
 	b.WriteString(env.GetHeader("To") + " ")
 	b.WriteString(env.GetHeader("Cc") + " ")
 	b.WriteString(env.GetHeader("Bcc") + " ")
-	h := strings.TrimSpace(html2text.HTML2Text(env.HTML))
+	h := strings.TrimSpace(
+		html2text.HTML2TextWithOptions(
+			env.HTML, 
+			html2text.WithLinksInnerText(),
+		),
+	)
 	if h != "" {
 		b.WriteString(h + " ")
 	} else {
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ func createSearchText(env *enmime.Envelope) string {
 // CleanString removes unwanted characters from stored search text and search queries
 func cleanString(str string) string {
 	// remove/replace new lines
-	re := regexp.MustCompile(`(\r?\n|\t|>|<|"|:|\,|;)`)
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`(\r?\n|\t|>|<|"|\,|;)`)
 	str = re.ReplaceAllString(str, " ")
 
 	// remove duplicate whitespace and trim