Let's try this. Line numbers are for CC621: If you want to start with RLIKE, bypassing FULLTEXT: Line 1612: public function searchCatalogue($search_data = null, $page = 1, $per_page = 10, $search_mode = 'rlike') { Line 1845, find: $noKeys = count($searchArray); On the blank line ABOVE that, add: /* ORIGINAL Code follows Line 1873, find the statement that STARTS WITH: $q2 = "SELECT I.* FROM ".$GLOBALS['config']->get('config', 'dbprefix') On the blank line ABOVE that, add: ORIGINAL