diff --git a/tickets.php b/tickets.php
index b4a27bc8..e120e0ee 100644
--- a/tickets.php
+++ b/tickets.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ $sql = mysqli_query(
     LEFT JOIN assets ON ticket_asset_id = asset_id
     LEFT JOIN locations ON ticket_location_id = location_id
     LEFT JOIN vendors ON ticket_vendor_id = vendor_id
-    WHERE ticket_assigned_to LIKE '%$ticket_assigned_filter%'
+    WHERE ticket_assigned_to LIKE '$ticket_assigned_filter'
     AND $ticket_status_snippet
     AND DATE(ticket_created_at) BETWEEN '$dtf' AND '$dtt'
     AND (CONCAT(ticket_prefix,ticket_number) LIKE '%$q%' OR client_name LIKE '%$q%' OR ticket_subject LIKE '%$q%' OR ticket_status LIKE '%$q%' OR ticket_priority LIKE '%$q%' OR user_name LIKE '%$q%' OR contact_name LIKE '%$q%' OR asset_name LIKE '%$q%' OR vendor_name LIKE '%$q%' OR ticket_vendor_ticket_number LIKE '%q%')