diff --git a/server/api/hooks.js b/server/api/hooks.js
index 481d0a16..86fb4f23 100644
--- a/server/api/hooks.js
+++ b/server/api/hooks.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // @flow
 import Router from 'koa-router';
+import { escapeRegExp } from 'lodash';
 import { AuthenticationError, InvalidRequestError } from '../errors';
 import { Authentication, Document, User, Team } from '../models';
 import { presentSlackAttachment } from '../presenters';
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@ router.post('hooks.unfurl', async ctx => {
   if (token !== process.env.SLACK_VERIFICATION_TOKEN)
     throw new AuthenticationError('Invalid token');
 
-  // TODO: Everything from here onwards will get moved to an async job
   const user = await User.find({
     where: { service: 'slack', serviceId: event.user },
   });
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ router.post('hooks.slack', async ctx => {
     for (const result of results) {
       const queryIsInTitle = !!result.document.title
         .toLowerCase()
-        .match(text.toLowerCase());
+        .match(escapeRegExp(text.toLowerCase()));
 
       attachments.push(
         presentSlackAttachment(
diff --git a/server/api/hooks.test.js b/server/api/hooks.test.js
index 117bc9bb..68031e92 100644
--- a/server/api/hooks.test.js
+++ b/server/api/hooks.test.js
@@ -86,6 +86,25 @@ describe('#hooks.slack', async () => {
     expect(body.attachments[0].text).toEqual(document.getSummary());
   });
 
+  it('should return search results if query is regex-like', async () => {
+    const user = await buildUser();
+    await buildDocument({
+      title: 'This title contains a search term',
+      userId: user.id,
+      teamId: user.teamId,
+    });
+    const res = await server.post('/api/hooks.slack', {
+      body: {
+        token: process.env.SLACK_VERIFICATION_TOKEN,
+        user_id: user.serviceId,
+        text: '*contains',
+      },
+    });
+    const body = await res.json();
+    expect(res.status).toEqual(200);
+    expect(body.attachments.length).toEqual(1);
+  });
+
   it('should return search results with snippet if query is in text', async () => {
     const user = await buildUser();
     const document = await buildDocument({