diff --git a/app/controllers/yiff_rest/api_v2/images_controller.rb b/app/controllers/yiff_rest/api_v2/images_controller.rb
index 9a2939b..9c891b2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/yiff_rest/api_v2/images_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/yiff_rest/api_v2/images_controller.rb
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ module YiffRest
       end
 
       def search_images_params
-        permit_search_params(%i[category md5 original_url artists])
+        permit_search_params(%i[category md5 original_url artist])
       end
 
       def create_params
diff --git a/app/models/api_image.rb b/app/models/api_image.rb
index 2ffc211..3ebb182 100644
--- a/app/models/api_image.rb
+++ b/app/models/api_image.rb
@@ -75,11 +75,15 @@ class APIImage < ApplicationRecord
       data
     end
 
+    def artists_like(name)
+      where(id: APIImage.from("unnest(artists) AS artist").where("artist LIKE ?", name.to_escaped_for_sql_like))
+    end
+
     def search(params)
       q = super
       q = q.attribute_matches(:category, params[:category])
       q = q.attribute_matches(:original_url, params[:original_url])
-      q = q.attribute_matches(:artists, params[:artists])
+      q = q.artists_like(params[:artist]) if params[:artist].present?
       q.order(created_at: :desc)
     end
   end