diff --git a/src/components/item-search/index.js b/src/components/item-search/index.js
index 8d32bf61c..380586d3e 100644
--- a/src/components/item-search/index.js
+++ b/src/components/item-search/index.js
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ function ItemSearch({
                 if (nameFilter.length === 0) {
                     return true;
                 }
-                return task.name.toLowerCase().includes(nameFilter.toLowerCase());
+                return task.name.toLowerCase().includes(nameFilter.toLowerCase()) || task.id === nameFilter;
             }).map(task => {
                 return {
                     ...task, 
diff --git a/src/modules/item-search.js b/src/modules/item-search.js
index bee445d31..56b577861 100644
--- a/src/modules/item-search.js
+++ b/src/modules/item-search.js
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ const itemSearch = (items, searchString) => {
             {
               name: 'normalizedName',
               weight: 0.9
+            },
+            {
+              name: 'id',
+              weight: 1
             }
         ],
         threshold: 0.3,