diff --git a/server/controllers/LibraryController.js b/server/controllers/LibraryController.js
index f768bb93..b25e02aa 100644
--- a/server/controllers/LibraryController.js
+++ b/server/controllers/LibraryController.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ const libraryItemsBookFilters = require('../utils/queries/libraryItemsBookFilter
 const libraryItemFilters = require('../utils/queries/libraryItemFilters')
 const seriesFilters = require('../utils/queries/seriesFilters')
 const fileUtils = require('../utils/fileUtils')
-const { sort, createNewSortInstance } = require('../libs/fastSort')
+const { asciiOnlyToLowerCase } = require('../utils/index')
+const { createNewSortInstance } = require('../libs/fastSort')
 const naturalSort = createNewSortInstance({
   comparer: new Intl.Collator(undefined, { numeric: true, sensitivity: 'base' }).compare
 })
@@ -555,7 +556,7 @@ class LibraryController {
       return res.status(400).send('No query string')
     }
     const limit = req.query.limit && !isNaN(req.query.limit) ? Number(req.query.limit) : 12
-    const query = req.query.q.trim().toLowerCase()
+    const query = asciiOnlyToLowerCase(req.query.q.trim())
 
     const matches = await libraryItemFilters.search(req.user, req.library, query, limit)
     res.json(matches)
diff --git a/server/utils/index.js b/server/utils/index.js
index 5797b0b5..abcc626c 100644
--- a/server/utils/index.js
+++ b/server/utils/index.js
@@ -166,4 +166,27 @@ module.exports.getTitleIgnorePrefix = (title) => {
 module.exports.getTitlePrefixAtEnd = (title) => {
   let [sort, prefix] = getTitleParts(title)
   return prefix ? `${sort}, ${prefix}` : title
+}
+
+/**
+ * to lower case for only ascii characters
+ * used to handle sqlite that doesnt support unicode lower
+ * @see https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/issues/2187
+ * 
+ * @param {string} str 
+ * @returns {string}
+ */
+module.exports.asciiOnlyToLowerCase = (str) => {
+  if (!str) return ''
+
+  let temp = ''
+  for (let chars of str) {
+    let value = chars.charCodeAt()
+    if (value >= 65 && value <= 90) {
+      temp += String.fromCharCode(value + 32)
+    } else {
+      temp += chars
+    }
+  }
+  return temp
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/utils/queries/libraryItemsBookFilters.js b/server/utils/queries/libraryItemsBookFilters.js
index 10e1101d..d23459b4 100644
--- a/server/utils/queries/libraryItemsBookFilters.js
+++ b/server/utils/queries/libraryItemsBookFilters.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const Sequelize = require('sequelize')
 const Database = require('../../Database')
 const Logger = require('../../Logger')
 const authorFilters = require('./authorFilters')
+const { asciiOnlyToLowerCase } = require('../index')
 
 module.exports = {
   /**
@@ -1013,7 +1014,8 @@ module.exports = {
       let matchText = null
       let matchKey = null
       for (const key of ['title', 'subtitle', 'asin', 'isbn']) {
-        if (book[key]?.toLowerCase().includes(query)) {
+        const valueToLower = asciiOnlyToLowerCase(book[key])
+        if (valueToLower.includes(query)) {
           matchText = book[key]
           matchKey = key
           break
diff --git a/server/utils/queries/libraryItemsPodcastFilters.js b/server/utils/queries/libraryItemsPodcastFilters.js
index 27ac3fcd..7665c89b 100644
--- a/server/utils/queries/libraryItemsPodcastFilters.js
+++ b/server/utils/queries/libraryItemsPodcastFilters.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 const Sequelize = require('sequelize')
 const Database = require('../../Database')
 const Logger = require('../../Logger')
+const { asciiOnlyToLowerCase } = require('../index')
 
 module.exports = {
   /**
@@ -364,7 +365,8 @@ module.exports = {
       let matchText = null
       let matchKey = null
       for (const key of ['title', 'author', 'itunesId', 'itunesArtistId']) {
-        if (podcast[key]?.toLowerCase().includes(query)) {
+        const valueToLower = asciiOnlyToLowerCase(podcast[key])
+        if (valueToLower.includes(query)) {
           matchText = podcast[key]
           matchKey = key
           break