diff --git a/src/scenes.js b/src/scenes.js
index 48affba..4534c6e 100644
--- a/src/scenes.js
+++ b/src/scenes.js
@@ -406,9 +406,13 @@ async function queryManticoreSql(filters, options, _reqUser) {
 					builder.whereRaw('match(\'@!title :query:\', scenes)', { query: filters.query });
 				}
 
-				if (filters.tagIds?.length > 0) {
-					builder.whereIn('any(tag_ids)', filters.tagIds);
-				}
+				filters.tagIds?.forEach((tagId) => {
+					builder.where('any(tag_ids)', tagId);
+				});
+
+				filters.actorIds?.forEach((actorId) => {
+					builder.where('any(actor_ids)', actorId);
+				});
 
 				if (filters.entityId) {
 					builder.where((whereBuilder) => {
@@ -418,10 +422,6 @@ async function queryManticoreSql(filters, options, _reqUser) {
 					});
 				}
 
-				if (filters.actorIds?.length > 0) {
-					builder.whereIn('any(actor_ids)', filters.actorIds);
-				}
-
 				if (typeof filters.isShowcased === 'boolean') {
 					builder.where('is_showcased', filters.isShowcased);
 				}
@@ -468,11 +468,15 @@ async function queryManticoreSql(filters, options, _reqUser) {
 		maxQueryTime: config.database.manticore.maxQueryTime,
 	}).toString();
 
-	// manticore does not seem to accept table.column syntax if 'table' is primary (yet), crude work-around
+	// manticore does not seem to accept table.column syntax if 'table' is primary (yet?), crude work-around
 	const curatedSqlQuery = filters.stashId
 		? sqlQuery
 		: sqlQuery.replace(/scenes\./g, '');
 
+	if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
+		console.log(curatedSqlQuery);
+	}
+
 	const results = await utilsApi.sql(curatedSqlQuery);
 
 	// console.log(results);