diff --git a/src/adverts/repository/category-search/convert-filter-to-category-matching-filter.ts b/src/adverts/repository/category-search/convert-filter-to-category-matching-filter.ts
index 0a43cde..806e2fa 100644
--- a/src/adverts/repository/category-search/convert-filter-to-category-matching-filter.ts
+++ b/src/adverts/repository/category-search/convert-filter-to-category-matching-filter.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ export const convertFilterToCategoryMatchingFilter = async (
 
   return {
     ...filter,
+    pipelineCategoryIds: allCategoryIds,
+    /*
     pipelineOr: [
       ...(filter.pipelineOr || []),
       {
@@ -74,5 +76,6 @@ export const convertFilterToCategoryMatchingFilter = async (
         },
       },
     ],
+    */
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/adverts/repository/category-search/convert.spec.ts b/src/adverts/repository/category-search/convert.spec.ts
index 977b36d..4cbf05b 100644
--- a/src/adverts/repository/category-search/convert.spec.ts
+++ b/src/adverts/repository/category-search/convert.spec.ts
@@ -32,15 +32,7 @@ describe('convertFilterToCategoryMatchingFilter', () => {
       })
     ).toMatchObject({
       search: 'I can haz cheezburger',
-      pipelineOr: [
-        {
-          fields: {
-            category: {
-              in: ['c1'],
-            },
-          },
-        },
-      ],
+      pipelineCategoryIds: ['c1'],
     })
   })
 })
diff --git a/src/adverts/repository/mongo/filters/map-search.ts b/src/adverts/repository/mongo/filters/map-search.ts
index d2b78bc..b996af1 100644
--- a/src/adverts/repository/mongo/filters/map-search.ts
+++ b/src/adverts/repository/mongo/filters/map-search.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,29 @@
 import type { Filter } from 'mongodb'
 import type { MongoAdvert } from '../types'
-import { escapeRegExp } from './filter-utils'
+import { combineOr, escapeRegExp } from './filter-utils'
 
-export const mapSearch = (
-  search?: string
-): Filter<MongoAdvert> | null | undefined =>
-  [search]
-    .map(s => (s || '').trim())
-    .filter(s => s)
-    .map(s => ({
-      $or: [
+const srch = (s: string) =>
+  s
+    ? [
         { 'advert.title': { $regex: escapeRegExp(s), $options: 'i' } },
         { 'advert.description': { $regex: escapeRegExp(s), $options: 'i' } },
         { 'advert.reference': { $regex: escapeRegExp(s), $options: 'i' } },
-      ],
-    }))[0] || null
+      ]
+    : []
+
+const cat = (categoryIds: string[]) =>
+  categoryIds.length
+    ? [
+        {
+          'advert.category': {
+            $in: categoryIds,
+          },
+        },
+      ]
+    : []
+
+export const mapSearch = (
+  search?: string,
+  categoryIds?: string[]
+): Filter<MongoAdvert> | null | undefined =>
+  combineOr(...[...srch((search || '').trim()), ...cat(categoryIds || [])])
diff --git a/src/adverts/repository/mongo/mappers.ts b/src/adverts/repository/mongo/mappers.ts
index e6ab1ba..35bbf75 100644
--- a/src/adverts/repository/mongo/mappers.ts
+++ b/src/adverts/repository/mongo/mappers.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ export const mapAdvertFilterInputToMongoQuery = (
 ): Filter<MongoAdvert> =>
   combineAnd(
     combineOr(
-      combineAnd(mapSearch(filter?.search), mapFields(filter?.fields)),
+      combineAnd(
+        mapSearch(filter?.search, filter?.pipelineCategoryIds),
+        mapFields(filter?.fields)
+      ),
       ...(filter?.pipelineOr?.map(({ fields }) => mapFields(fields)) || [])
     ),
     mapRestrictions(user, filter?.restrictions)
diff --git a/src/adverts/types.ts b/src/adverts/types.ts
index 146dba6..cc606e9 100644
--- a/src/adverts/types.ts
+++ b/src/adverts/types.ts
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ export interface AdvertFilterInput {
   paging?: AdvertPagingInput
 
   // decorators/pipelines can attach additional criterias
+  pipelineCategoryIds?: string[]
   pipelineOr?: {
     fields: AdvertFieldsFilterInput
   }[]