diff --git a/lib/Pear/LocalLoop.pm b/lib/Pear/LocalLoop.pm
index 1c5efd6..b8b5756 100644
--- a/lib/Pear/LocalLoop.pm
+++ b/lib/Pear/LocalLoop.pm
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ has schema => sub {
     $c->app->config->{dsn},
     $c->app->config->{user},
     $c->app->config->{pass},
+    { quote_names => 1 },
   );
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/Pear/LocalLoop/Controller/Api/Upload.pm b/lib/Pear/LocalLoop/Controller/Api/Upload.pm
index 5d2eb0c..7953b7f 100644
--- a/lib/Pear/LocalLoop/Controller/Api/Upload.pm
+++ b/lib/Pear/LocalLoop/Controller/Api/Upload.pm
@@ -172,12 +172,14 @@ sub post_search {
 
   my $search_name = $validation->param('search_name');
 
+  my $search_stmt = [ 'LOWER("name") LIKE ?', '%' . lc $search_name . '%' ];
+
   my $valid_orgs_rs = $c->schema->resultset('Organisation')->search(
-    { 'LOWER(name)' => { -like => '%' . lc $search_name . '%' } },
+    \$search_stmt,
   );
 
   my $pending_orgs_rs = $c->stash->{api_user}->pending_organisations->search(
-    { 'LOWER(name)' => { -like => '%' . lc $search_name . '%' } },
+    \$search_stmt,
   );
 
   my @valid_orgs = (