diff --git a/api/views/autocomplete.py b/api/views/autocomplete.py
index ab0114b3..10e0bca9 100644
--- a/api/views/autocomplete.py
+++ b/api/views/autocomplete.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class PublicResitelAutocomplete(LoginRequiredAjaxMixin, autocomplete.Select2Quer
 		).exclude(
 			prezdivka_resitele=""
 		).filter(
-			prezdivka_resitele__startswith=self.q
+			prezdivka_resitele__icontains=self.q
 		).all()
 		return qs