diff --git a/docs/CHANGES.txt b/docs/CHANGES.txt
index c3acf7dd..8d23ff74 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/docs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 CHANGE LOG
 
+2016-11-01 by Bourbon
+Remove username substring search functionality. Username searches must now be exact to return a result.
+
 2016-02-18 by newman
 Fix staff seeing FLS-assigned staff PMs. Add checkbox to allow adding a linked account or editing a linked account without updating staff notes
 
diff --git a/sections/user/search.php b/sections/user/search.php
index cf44e693..b9fa6612 100644
--- a/sections/user/search.php
+++ b/sections/user/search.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if (isset($_GET['username'])) {
 				Warned
 			FROM users_main AS um
 				JOIN users_info AS ui ON ui.UserID = um.ID
-			WHERE Username LIKE '%".db_string($_GET['username'], true)."%'
+			WHERE LCASE(Username) = LCASE('".db_string($_GET['username'], true)."')
 			ORDER BY Username
 			LIMIT $Limit");
 		$Results = $DB->to_array();