diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index d3481e2a..5c9fa7fc 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -218,8 +218,10 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
 
   def search
     #modified by nie
-    @projects = Project.visible
-    @projects = @projects.visible.where('project_type = ?', params[:project_type]).like(params[:name]) if params[:name].present? 
+    project_type = params[:project_type]
+    projects_all = (project_type.eql? Project::ProjectType_project) ? Project.project_entities : Project.course_entities
+    @projects = projects_all.visible
+    @projects = @projects.visible.like(params[:name]) if params[:name].present? 
     @offset, @limit = api_offset_and_limit({:limit => 10})
     @project_count = @projects.visible.count
     @project_pages = Paginator.new @project_count, @limit, params['page']