diff --git a/circ/circulation.pl b/circ/circulation.pl
index 828ed8941a..d42be298e8 100755
--- a/circ/circulation.pl
+++ b/circ/circulation.pl
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ if ($findborrower) {
         my $results = C4::Utils::DataTables::Members::search(
             {
                 searchmember => $findborrower,
+                searchtype => 'contain',
                 dt_params => $dt_params,
             }
         );
diff --git a/circ/ysearch.pl b/circ/ysearch.pl
index 518915fec0..74e14ee503 100755
--- a/circ/ysearch.pl
+++ b/circ/ysearch.pl
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ foreach my $p (@parts) {
     push(
         @params,
         -or => [
-            surname    => { -like => "$p%" },
-            firstname  => { -like => "$p%" },
+            surname    => { -like => "%$p%" },
+            firstname  => { -like => "%$p%" },
             cardnumber => { -like => "$p%" },
         ]
     );