diff --git a/client/modules/datafiles/src/publications/PublishedListing/PublishedListing.tsx b/client/modules/datafiles/src/publications/PublishedListing/PublishedListing.tsx
index 77beb7f21..1956bfc8f 100644
--- a/client/modules/datafiles/src/publications/PublishedListing/PublishedListing.tsx
+++ b/client/modules/datafiles/src/publications/PublishedListing/PublishedListing.tsx
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ export const PublishedListing: React.FC = () => {
                 type="error"
                 description={
                   <span>
-                    An unexpected error occurred while retrieving publications."
+                    An unexpected error occurred while retrieving publications.
                   </span>
                 }
               />
diff --git a/designsafe/apps/api/publications_v2/views.py b/designsafe/apps/api/publications_v2/views.py
index c442d6aa7..61f76eb1d 100644
--- a/designsafe/apps/api/publications_v2/views.py
+++ b/designsafe/apps/api/publications_v2/views.py
@@ -111,10 +111,12 @@ def handle_search(query_opts: dict, offset=0, limit=100):
     if search_string := query_opts["q"]:
         qs_query = Q(
             "query_string",
-            query=search_string,
+            # Elasticsearch can't parse query strings with unescaped slashes
+            query=search_string.replace("/", "\\/"),
             default_operator="AND",
             type="cross_fields",
             fields=[
+                "nodes.value.dois",
                 "nodes.value.description",
                 "nodes.value.keywords",
                 "nodes.value.title",
@@ -128,7 +130,13 @@ def handle_search(query_opts: dict, offset=0, limit=100):
                 "nodes.value.authors.inst",
             ],
         )
-        term_query = Q({"term": {"nodes.value.projectId.keyword": search_string}})
+        term_query = Q(
+            {
+                "term": {
+                    "nodes.value.projectId.keyword": search_string.replace("/", "\\/")
+                }
+            }
+        )
         query = query.filter(qs_query | term_query)
 
     hits = (