diff --git a/app/general/filters.py b/app/general/filters.py
index 0ff668e0..ee85d366 100644
--- a/app/general/filters.py
+++ b/app/general/filters.py
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import django_filters
 from django import forms
-from django.contrib.postgres.search import SearchHeadline, SearchQuery, SearchRank
-from django.db.models import F, Q
+from django.contrib.postgres.search import (
+    SearchHeadline,
+    SearchQuery,
+    SearchRank,
+    SearchVector,
+)
+from django.db.models import F, IntegerField, Q, Value
 from django_filters import ModelMultipleChoiceFilter, MultipleChoiceFilter
 
 from general.models import DocumentFile, Institution, Language, Project, Subject
@@ -23,13 +28,6 @@ class DocumentFileFilter(django_filters.FilterSet):
         queryset=Language.objects.all(), widget=forms.CheckboxSelectMultiple
     )
 
-    projects = django_filters.CharFilter(method="filter_projects", label="Projects")
-    # projects = django_filters.CharFilter(
-    #     queryset=Project.objects.all(),
-    #     method='filter_project',
-    #     label="Projects"
-    # )
-
     class Meta:
         model = DocumentFile
         fields = [
@@ -43,24 +41,27 @@ def filter_queryset(self, queryset):
         queryset = super().filter_queryset(queryset)
 
         search = self.form.cleaned_data.get("search", "")
+        search_vector = SearchVector("title", weight="A") + SearchVector("description", weight="B")
+
+        project_query = Project.objects.annotate(
+            search=SearchVector("name", weight="A") + SearchVector("description", weight="B")
+        ).filter(search=SearchQuery(search))
+
         queue = SearchQuery(search.strip())
         search_rank = SearchRank(F("search_vector"), queue)
         search_headline = SearchHeadline("document_data", queue)
         queryset = (
             queryset.annotate(
+                search=search_vector,
                 rank=search_rank,
                 search_headline=search_headline,
+                weight=Value(0, IntegerField()),
             )
             .defer("document_data")
             .select_related("institution")
         ).order_by("-rank")
 
-        project_query = Project.objects.filter(
-            Q(name__icontains=search) | Q(description__icontains=search)
-        )
-
-        # Combine the two querysets into a single list
-        combined_results = list(queryset) + list(project_query)
+        combined_results = list(project_query) + list(queryset)
         return combined_results
 
         # return queryset
@@ -72,9 +73,3 @@ def filter_search(self, queryset, name, value):
 
         else:
             return queryset
-
-    def filter_projects(self, queryset, name, value):
-        if value:
-            projects = value.split(",")
-            return queryset.filter(projects__name__in=projects).distinct()
-        return queryset