diff --git a/src/main/antlr/SearchExpressionLexer.g4 b/src/main/antlr/SearchExpressionLexer.g4
index 64dde9b0..a509ded5 100644
--- a/src/main/antlr/SearchExpressionLexer.g4
+++ b/src/main/antlr/SearchExpressionLexer.g4
@@ -18,20 +18,22 @@ public SearchExpressionLexer(CharStream input, SearchTokenParser searchParser) {
 // Lexer rules
 REGEX_LEFT         : 'r'? '/' -> pushMode(REGEX) ;
 QUOTE_LEFT         : '"' -> pushMode(QUOTED) ;
+
 DASH               : '-' ;
+
 RECIPE_INGREDIENTS : '<&' | '<' ;
 RECIPE_RESULT      : '>&' | '>' ;
 RECIPE_OTHERS      : '^&' | '^' ;
-PREFIX             : CLEAN_SYMBOL {searchParser.hasRedefinedPrefix(getText().charAt(0))}? ;
+
 OR                 : '|' ;
 LEFT_BRACKET       : '{' ;
 RIGHT_BRACKET      : '}' ;
-PLAIN_TEXT         : (CLEAN_SYMBOL | ESCAPED_SYMBOL)+ {!searchParser.hasRedefinedPrefix(getText().charAt(0))}? ;
 NEWLINE_OR_TAB     : [\t\r\n] -> skip ;
 SPACE              : ' ' ;
+ESCAPED_SYMBOL     : '\\' . ;
 
-fragment ESCAPED_SYMBOL         : '\\' . ;
-fragment CLEAN_SYMBOL           : ~[-<>^{}|/\\ "] ;
+PREFIX             : CLEAN_SYMBOL {searchParser.hasRedefinedPrefix(getText().charAt(0))}? ;
+CLEAN_SYMBOL       : ~[-<>^{}|/\\ "] ;
 
 mode REGEX;
 
diff --git a/src/main/antlr/SearchExpressionParser.g4 b/src/main/antlr/SearchExpressionParser.g4
index 4abcf184..6051825a 100644
--- a/src/main/antlr/SearchExpressionParser.g4
+++ b/src/main/antlr/SearchExpressionParser.g4
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ prefixedExpression
 token[Character prefix]
     : regex[prefix]
     | quoted[prefix]
-    | PLAIN_TEXT
+    | plainText
     ;
 
 regex[Character prefix]
@@ -67,4 +67,7 @@ quoted[Character prefix]
     : QUOTE_LEFT QUOTED_CONTENT QUOTE_RIGHT?
     ;
 
+plainText
+    : (CLEAN_SYMBOL | ESCAPED_SYMBOL)+
+    ;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/search/ItemFilterVisitor.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/search/ItemFilterVisitor.java
index ae5e2c79..b42ecbf5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/search/ItemFilterVisitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/search/ItemFilterVisitor.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import codechicken.nei.api.ItemFilter;
 public class ItemFilterVisitor extends AbstractSearchExpressionVisitor<ItemFilter> {
 
     private static final Pattern REGEX_ESCAPED_SPACE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("([^\\\\](?:\\\\\\\\)+)?\\\\ ");
-    private static final Pattern PLAIN_TEXT_ESCAPED_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\\\(.)");
+    private static final Pattern ESCAPED_SYMBOL_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\\\(.)");
     private static final Pattern ESCAPED_QUOTE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\\\\"");
     private static final Pattern ESCAPED_SPACE_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("\\\\ ");
 
@@ -69,21 +69,21 @@ public class ItemFilterVisitor extends AbstractSearchExpressionVisitor<ItemFilte
     @Override
     public ItemFilter visitPrefixedExpression(SearchExpressionParser.PrefixedExpressionContext ctx) {
         if (ctx.token() != null) {
-            final String cleanText = getTokenCleanText(ctx.token());
+            final String cleanPattern = getCleanPattern(ctx.token());
             final SearchTokenParser.ISearchParserProvider provider = searchParser.getProvider(ctx.token().prefix);
-            if (cleanText == null || provider == null) {
+            if (cleanPattern == null || provider == null) {
                 return defaultResult();
             }
-            return provider.getFilter(cleanText);
+            return provider.getFilter(cleanPattern);
         }
         return defaultResult();
     }
 
     @Override
     public ItemFilter visitToken(SearchExpressionParser.TokenContext ctx) {
-        final String cleanText = getTokenCleanText(ctx);
-        if (cleanText != null) {
-            return getAlwaysProvidersFilter(cleanText);
+        final String cleanPattern = getCleanPattern(ctx);
+        if (cleanPattern != null) {
+            return getAlwaysProvidersFilter(cleanPattern);
         }
         return defaultResult();
     }
@@ -118,36 +118,36 @@ public class ItemFilterVisitor extends AbstractSearchExpressionVisitor<ItemFilte
         return constructFilter(filters, AllMultiItemFilter::new);
     }
 
-    private String getTokenCleanText(SearchExpressionParser.TokenContext ctx) {
-        String cleanText = null;
-        if (ctx.PLAIN_TEXT() != null) {
-            cleanText = Pattern.quote(
-                    PLAIN_TEXT_ESCAPED_PATTERN.matcher(ctx.PLAIN_TEXT().getSymbol().getText())
+    private String getCleanPattern(SearchExpressionParser.TokenContext ctx) {
+        String cleanPattern = null;
+        if (ctx.plainText() != null) {
+            cleanPattern = Pattern.quote(
+                    ESCAPED_SYMBOL_PATTERN.matcher(ctx.plainText().getText())
                             // Unescape everything in search expression
                             .replaceAll("$1"));
         } else if (ctx.regex() != null) {
             if (ctx.regex().REGEX_CONTENT() != null) {
-                cleanText = ctx.regex().REGEX_CONTENT().getSymbol().getText();
+                cleanPattern = ctx.regex().REGEX_CONTENT().getSymbol().getText();
                 final int spaceModeEnabled = NEIClientConfig.getIntSetting("inventory.search.spaceMode");
                 // Unescape spaces
                 if (spaceModeEnabled == 1) {
-                    cleanText = REGEX_ESCAPED_SPACE_PATTERN.matcher(cleanText).replaceAll("$1 ");
+                    cleanPattern = REGEX_ESCAPED_SPACE_PATTERN.matcher(cleanPattern).replaceAll("$1 ");
                 }
             }
         } else if (ctx.quoted() != null) {
             if (ctx.quoted().QUOTED_CONTENT() != null) {
-                cleanText = ctx.quoted().QUOTED_CONTENT().getSymbol().getText();
+                cleanPattern = ctx.quoted().QUOTED_CONTENT().getSymbol().getText();
                 // Unescape quotes
-                cleanText = ESCAPED_QUOTE_PATTERN.matcher(cleanText).replaceAll("\"");
-                cleanText = Pattern.quote(cleanText);
+                cleanPattern = ESCAPED_QUOTE_PATTERN.matcher(cleanPattern).replaceAll("\"");
+                cleanPattern = Pattern.quote(cleanPattern);
                 final int spaceModeEnabled = NEIClientConfig.getIntSetting("inventory.search.spaceMode");
                 // Unescape spaces
                 if (spaceModeEnabled == 1) {
-                    cleanText = ESCAPED_SPACE_PATTERN.matcher(cleanText).replaceAll(" ");
+                    cleanPattern = ESCAPED_SPACE_PATTERN.matcher(cleanPattern).replaceAll(" ");
                 }
             }
         }
-        return cleanText;
+        return cleanPattern;
     }
 
     private ItemFilter visitChildren(ParserRuleContext node, Function<List<ItemFilter>, ItemFilter> filterConstructor) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/search/SearchExpressionFormatVisitor.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/search/SearchExpressionFormatVisitor.java
index 66909b45..55ba1b9e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/search/SearchExpressionFormatVisitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/search/SearchExpressionFormatVisitor.java
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ public class SearchExpressionFormatVisitor extends AbstractSearchExpressionVisit
     private String getTokenCleanText(SearchExpressionParser.TokenContext ctx, Character prefix) {
         String cleanText = null;
         final int spaceModeEnabled = NEIClientConfig.getIntSetting("inventory.search.spaceMode");
-        if (ctx.PLAIN_TEXT() != null) {
-            cleanText = ctx.PLAIN_TEXT().getSymbol().getText();
+        if (ctx.plainText() != null) {
+            cleanText = ctx.plainText().getText();
             // Unescape spaces
             if (spaceModeEnabled == 1) {
                 cleanText = ESCAPED_SPACE_PATTERN.matcher(cleanText).replaceAll(" ");
diff --git a/src/test/java/codechicken/nei/SearchTokenParserTest.java b/src/test/java/codechicken/nei/SearchTokenParserTest.java
index 792cf92a..273c7d50 100644
--- a/src/test/java/codechicken/nei/SearchTokenParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/codechicken/nei/SearchTokenParserTest.java
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ public class SearchTokenParserTest {
         protected String getIdentifier(ItemStack stack) {
             return getStringIdentifier(stack);
         }
+
+        @Override
+        public String toString() {
+            return "PREFIX(" + pattern.toString() + ")";
+        }
     };
 
     private static MockedStatic<NEIClientConfig> config;
@@ -284,12 +289,14 @@ public class SearchTokenParserTest {
         searchParser.addProvider(defaultParserProvider);
         searchParser
                 .addProvider(parserProvider('?', "custom", SearchTokenParser.SearchMode.PREFIX, customCreateFilter));
+        searchParser
+                .addProvider(parserProvider('*', "custom2", SearchTokenParser.SearchMode.PREFIX, customCreateFilter));
 
         Set<ItemStack> matchedItems = testFilterAgainstAllItems(
                 spaceMode,
                 patternMode,
                 searchParser,
-                "\"" + itemA.getDisplayName() + "\"?A");
+                "\"" + itemA.getDisplayName() + "\"?A*A");
 
         assertEquals(1, matchedItems.size());
         assertTrue(matchedItems.contains(itemA));