diff --git a/cmd.go b/cmd.go
index 147eb594..1bae5fcf 100644
--- a/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd.go
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ func handleRemove() (err error) {
 func numberMenu(pkgS []string, flags []string) (err error) {
 	aurQ, err := narrowSearch(pkgS, true)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println("Error during AUR search:", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error during AUR search: %s", err)
 	}
 	numaq := len(aurQ)
 	repoQ, numpq, err := queryRepo(pkgS)
diff --git a/query.go b/query.go
index 35a38148..d4fcc45e 100644
--- a/query.go
+++ b/query.go
@@ -72,11 +72,22 @@ func filterPackages() (local []alpm.Package, remote []alpm.Package,
 
 // NarrowSearch searches AUR and narrows based on subarguments
 func narrowSearch(pkgS []string, sortS bool) (aurQuery, error) {
+	var r []rpc.Pkg
+	var err error
+	var usedIndex int
+
 	if len(pkgS) == 0 {
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	r, err := rpc.Search(pkgS[0])
+	for i, word := range pkgS {
+		r, err = rpc.Search(word)
+		if err == nil {
+			usedIndex = i
+			break
+		}
+	}
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -93,7 +104,11 @@ func narrowSearch(pkgS []string, sortS bool) (aurQuery, error) {
 
 	for _, res := range r {
 		match := true
-		for _, pkgN := range pkgS[1:] {
+		for i, pkgN := range pkgS {
+			if usedIndex == i {
+				continue
+			}
+
 			if !(strings.Contains(res.Name, pkgN) || strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(res.Description), pkgN)) {
 				match = false
 				break