diff --git a/client/src/main/java/client/scenes/SearchBarCtrl.java b/client/src/main/java/client/scenes/SearchBarCtrl.java
index 8b87a42..c37f188 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/client/scenes/SearchBarCtrl.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/client/scenes/SearchBarCtrl.java
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ import javafx.scene.input.KeyCode;
 import javafx.util.Duration;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 /**
  * Controller for the search bar component.
@@ -100,7 +103,11 @@ public class SearchBarCtrl implements LocaleAware {
         currentSearchTask = new Task<>() {
             @Override
             protected List<Recipe> call() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
-                return serverUtils.getRecipesFiltered(filter, configService.getConfig().getRecipeLanguages());
+                var recipes = serverUtils.getRecipesFiltered(
+                        "",
+                        configService.getConfig().getRecipeLanguages()
+                );
+                return applyMultiTermAndFilter(recipes, filter);
             }
         };
 
@@ -156,4 +163,52 @@ public class SearchBarCtrl implements LocaleAware {
             this.searchDebounce.playFromStart();
         });
     }
+    private List<Recipe> applyMultiTermAndFilter(List<Recipe> recipes, String query) {
+        if (recipes == null) {
+            return List.of();
+        }
+        if (query == null || query.isBlank()) {
+            return recipes;
+        }
+
+        var tokens = Arrays.stream(query.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).split("[\\s,]+"))
+                .map(String::trim)
+                .filter(s -> !s.isBlank())
+                .filter(s -> !s.equals("and"))
+                .toList();
+
+        if (tokens.isEmpty()) {
+            return recipes;
+        }
+
+        return recipes.stream()
+                .filter(r -> {
+                    var sb = new StringBuilder();
+
+                    if (r.getName() != null) {
+                        sb.append(r.getName()).append(' ');
+                    }
+
+                    if (r.getIngredients() != null) {
+                        r.getIngredients().forEach(i -> {
+                            if (i != null) {
+                                sb.append(i).append(' ');
+                            }
+                        });
+                    }
+
+                    if (r.getPreparationSteps() != null) {
+                        r.getPreparationSteps().forEach(s -> {
+                            if (s != null) {
+                                sb.append(s).append(' ');
+                            }
+                        });
+                    }
+
+                    var haystack = sb.toString().toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
+                    return tokens.stream().allMatch(haystack::contains);
+                })
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/client/utils/server/Endpoints.java b/client/src/main/java/client/utils/server/Endpoints.java
index 5b31304..6c23870 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/client/utils/server/Endpoints.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/client/utils/server/Endpoints.java
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ import client.utils.ConfigService;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 
 import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class Endpoints {
@@ -81,9 +83,23 @@ public class Endpoints {
     }
 
     public HttpRequest.Builder getRecipesWith(String params) {
+        if (params != null && params.contains("search=")) {
+            int start = params.indexOf("search=") + "search=".length();
+            int end = params.indexOf('&', start);
+            if (end == -1) {
+                end = params.length();
+            }
+
+            String rawValue = params.substring(start, end);
+            String encodedValue = URLEncoder.encode(rawValue, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+
+            params = params.substring(0, start) + encodedValue + params.substring(end);
+        }
+
         return this.http(this.createApiUrl("/recipes?" + params)).GET();
     }
 
+
     public HttpRequest.Builder createIngredient(HttpRequest.BodyPublisher body) {
         String url = this.createApiUrl("/ingredients");