diff --git a/lib/ui/reports/reports_screen.dart b/lib/ui/reports/reports_screen.dart
index fde51698a..3302269e9 100644
--- a/lib/ui/reports/reports_screen.dart
+++ b/lib/ui/reports/reports_screen.dart
@@ -553,8 +553,13 @@ class ReportResult {
     return true;
   }
 
-  static bool matchString({String filter, String value}) =>
-      matchesString(value, filter);
+  static bool matchString({String filter, String value}) {
+    if (filter == null || filter.isEmpty) {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    return value.toLowerCase().contains(filter.toLowerCase());
+  }
 
   static bool matchAmount({String filter, double amount}) {
     final String range = filter.replaceAll(',', '-') + '-';
diff --git a/lib/utils/strings.dart b/lib/utils/strings.dart
index a2b5e6f33..81b860770 100644
--- a/lib/utils/strings.dart
+++ b/lib/utils/strings.dart
@@ -44,11 +44,25 @@ String getLastName(String value) {
   return parts.last;
 }
 
+bool matchesStrings(List<String> haystacks, String needle) {
+  bool isMatch = false;
+  haystacks.forEach((haystack) {
+    if (matchesString(haystack, needle)) {
+      isMatch = true;
+    }
+  });
+  return isMatch;
+}
+
 bool matchesString(String haystack, String needle) {
+  if (needle == null || needle.isEmpty) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
   String regExp = '';
   needle.toLowerCase().runes.forEach((int rune) {
     final character = String.fromCharCode(rune);
     regExp += character + '.*?';
   });
   return RegExp(regExp).hasMatch(haystack.toLowerCase());
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}