diff --git a/app/utils/results.py b/app/utils/results.py
index c239a28..c2fb38e 100644
--- a/app/utils/results.py
+++ b/app/utils/results.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def bold_search_terms(response: str, query: str) -> BeautifulSoup:
         if len(element) == len(target_word):
             return
 
-        if not target_word.isalnum():
+        if not re.match('.*[a-zA-Z0-9].*', target_word):
             return
 
         element.replace_with(