diff --git a/infolog/inc/class.boinfolog.inc.php b/infolog/inc/class.boinfolog.inc.php
index a4c1935c16..601f606b4c 100644
--- a/infolog/inc/class.boinfolog.inc.php
+++ b/infolog/inc/class.boinfolog.inc.php
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@
 			$query = array(
 				'search' => $pattern,
 				'start'  => 0,
+				'subs'   => true,
 			);
 			$ids = $this->search($query);
 			$content = array();
diff --git a/infolog/inc/class.soinfolog.inc.php b/infolog/inc/class.soinfolog.inc.php
index 88412484c1..334b1d60f7 100644
--- a/infolog/inc/class.soinfolog.inc.php
+++ b/infolog/inc/class.soinfolog.inc.php
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@
 		@param $query[action] / $query[action_id] if only entries linked to a specified app/entry show be used
 		@param &$query[start], &$query[total] nextmatch-parameters will be used and set if query returns less entries
 		@param $query[col_filter] array with column-name - data pairs, data == '' means no filter (!)
+		@param $query[subs] boolean return subs or not, if unset the user preference is used
 		@returns array with id's as key of the matching log-entries
 		*/
 		function search(&$query)
@@ -546,7 +547,7 @@
 			$pid = 'AND info_id_parent='.($action == 'sp' ? $query['action_id'] : 0);
 
 			if (!$GLOBALS['phpgw_info']['user']['preferences']['infolog']['listNoSubs'] &&
-				 $action != 'sp')
+				 $action != 'sp' || isset($query['subs']) && $query['subs'])
 			{
 				$pid = '';
 			}