diff --git a/core/imageboard.pack.php b/core/imageboard.pack.php
index 7b1ffd7e..02f5f221 100644
--- a/core/imageboard.pack.php
+++ b/core/imageboard.pack.php
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class Image {
 			}
 			return $total;
 		}
-		else if(count($tags) == 1 && !preg_match("/[:=><]/", $tags[0])) {
+		else if(count($tags) == 1 && !preg_match("/[:=><\*\?]/", $tags[0])) {
 			$term = Tag::resolve_alias($tags[0]);
 			return $database->get_one(
 				$database->scoreql_to_sql("SELECT count FROM tags WHERE SCORE_STRNORM(tag) = SCORE_STRNORM(:tag)"),