diff --git a/src/lib/ae_events_functions.ts b/src/lib/ae_events_functions.ts
index dd441c8b..7068e7a7 100644
--- a/src/lib/ae_events_functions.ts
+++ b/src/lib/ae_events_functions.ts
@@ -169,7 +169,10 @@ async function handle_load_ae_obj_li__badge(
 }
 
 
-async function handle_search__event_badge({api_cfg, event_id, type_code=null, fulltext_search_qry_str, external_event_id, params={}, try_cache=true}) {
+async function handle_search__event_badge(
+        {api_cfg, event_id, type_code=null, fulltext_search_qry_str, like_search_qry_str=null, external_event_id, params={}, try_cache=true
+        }
+        ) {
     console.log(`*** handle_search__event_badge() *** event_id=${event_id}`);
 
     let enabled: string = (params.qry__enabled ?? 'enabled'); // all, disabled, enabled
@@ -187,6 +190,25 @@ async function handle_search__event_badge({api_cfg, event_id, type_code=null, fu
             };
     }
 
+    if (like_search_qry_str && like_search_qry_str.length > 2) {
+        // Old Python version that needs to be in JS
+        // # Strip (left right) whitespace then commas then semicolons
+        // query_str = query_str.strip().strip(',').strip(';')
+        //  # Replace commas, semicolons, and then spaces with %
+        // query_str_like = query_str.replace(',', ' ').replace(';', ' ').replace('  ', '%').replace(' ', '%')
+        // # data['query_str'] = f'%{query_str}%'
+        // log.debug(query_str_like)
+        // data['query_str'] = f'%{query_str_like}%'
+
+        let like_search_qry_str_new = like_search_qry_str.trim().replace(',', ' ').replace(';', ' ').replace('  ', '%').replace(' ', '%');
+        like_search_qry_str_new = `%${like_search_qry_str_new}%`;
+        console.log('like_search_qry_str_new:', like_search_qry_str_new);
+
+        params_json['like_qry'] = {
+            'default_qry_str': like_search_qry_str_new,
+            };
+    }
+
     params_json['and_qry'] = {};
     if (external_event_id) {
         params_json['and_qry']['external_event_id'] = external_event_id;
diff --git a/src/routes/events_badges/review/+page.svelte b/src/routes/events_badges/review/+page.svelte
index 15b3933f..ea723de1 100644
--- a/src/routes/events_badges/review/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/events_badges/review/+page.svelte
@@ -153,7 +153,14 @@ $: if ($events_trigger == 'load__event_badge_obj_li' && $events_slct.event_id) {
 
             $events_sess.status_qry__search = 'loading';
 
-            search_submit_results = events_func.handle_search__event_badge({api_cfg: $ae_api, event_id: $events_slct.event_id, type_code: type_code, fulltext_search_qry_str: search_str, external_event_id: $events_loc.badges.default__external_registration_id})
+            search_submit_results = events_func.handle_search__event_badge({
+                api_cfg: $ae_api, 
+                event_id: $events_slct.event_id, 
+                type_code: type_code, 
+                fulltext_search_qry_str: search_str,
+                like_search_qry_str: '',
+                external_event_id: $events_loc.badges.default__external_registration_id
+            })
             .then(function (search_results) {
                 $events_slct.badge_obj_li = search_results;
                 console.log(search_results);
@@ -168,7 +175,14 @@ $: if ($events_trigger == 'load__event_badge_obj_li' && $events_slct.event_id) {
 
         console.log(search_str);
 
-        search_submit_results = events_func.handle_search__event_badge({api_cfg: $ae_api, event_id: $events_slct.event_id, type_code: type_code, fulltext_search_qry_str: search_str, external_event_id: $events_loc.badges.default__external_registration_id})
+        search_submit_results = events_func.handle_search__event_badge({
+            api_cfg: $ae_api, 
+            event_id: $events_slct.event_id, 
+            type_code: type_code, 
+            fulltext_search_qry_str: search_str, 
+            like_search_qry_str: '',
+            external_event_id: $events_loc.badges.default__external_registration_id
+        })
         .then(function (search_results) {
             $events_slct.badge_obj_li = search_results;
             console.log(search_results);