diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/yggcookie.yml b/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/yggcookie.yml
index d7ddb06d0..e04ca1270 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/yggcookie.yml
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/yggcookie.yml
@@ -209,6 +209,9 @@ search:
     - name: replace
       args: ["  ", " "]
     - name: trim
+    # put each word in quotations to prevent exact phrase search
+    - name: re_replace
+      args: ["(\\w+)", "\"$1\""]
   paths:
     - path: "engine/search?category={{ .Config.category }}&name={{ .Keywords }}&description=&file=&uploader=&sub_category=&do=search&order={{ .Config.type }}&sort={{ .Config.sort }}"
       followredirect: true
diff --git a/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/yggtorrent.yml b/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/yggtorrent.yml
index 929497a95..b43e9f2f8 100644
--- a/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/yggtorrent.yml
+++ b/src/Jackett.Common/Definitions/yggtorrent.yml
@@ -217,6 +217,9 @@ search:
     - name: replace
       args: ["  ", " "]
     - name: trim
+    # put each word in quotations to prevent exact phrase search
+    - name: re_replace
+      args: ["(\\w+)", "\"$1\""]
   paths:
     - path: "engine/search?category={{ .Config.category }}&name={{ .Keywords }}&description=&file=&uploader=&sub_category=&do=search&order={{ .Config.type }}&sort={{ .Config.sort }}"
       followredirect: true