diff --git a/website/search.py b/website/search.py
index 7cd7c55..aefcf83 100755
--- a/website/search.py
+++ b/website/search.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ message = ' '.join(pathSearchMessageParts[2:])
 pathSearchRegex = re.compile(pathSearch)
 messageRegex = re.compile(message)
 
-isPathSearchAChannelId = re.match(r'[a-zA-Z0-9-_]{24}', pathSearch)
+isPathSearchAChannelId = re.fullmatch(r'[a-zA-Z0-9-_]{24}', pathSearch)
 
 searchOnlyCaptions = pathSearchMessageParts[0] == 'search-only-captions'