diff --git a/src/tools/manticore-scenes.js b/src/tools/manticore-scenes.js
index 3561e600..d7a16200 100644
--- a/src/tools/manticore-scenes.js
+++ b/src/tools/manticore-scenes.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const args = require('yargs').argv;
 const { format } = require('date-fns');
 
 const knex = require('../knex');
+const filterTitle = require('../utils/filter-title');
 
 const mantiClient = new manticore.ApiClient();
 
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ async function init() {
 		const docs = scenes.map((scene) => {
 			const flatActors = scene.actors.flatMap((actor) => actor.f2.match(/[\w']+/g)); // match word characters to filter out brackets etc.
 			const flatTags = scene.tags.filter((tag) => tag.f3 > 6).flatMap((tag) => (tag.f4 ? `${tag.f2} ${tag.f4}` : tag.f2).match(/[\w']+/g)); // only make top tags searchable to minimize cluttered results
-			const filteredTitle = scene.title && [...flatActors, ...flatTags].reduce((accTitle, tag) => accTitle.replace(new RegExp(tag.replace(/[^\w\s]+/g, ''), 'i'), ''), scene.title).trim().replace(/\s{2,}/, ' ');
+			const filteredTitle = filterTitle(scene.title, [...flatActors, ...flatTags]);
 
 			return {
 				replace: {
diff --git a/src/update-search.js b/src/update-search.js
index 5652692f..f11413ee 100644
--- a/src/update-search.js
+++ b/src/update-search.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const knex = require('./knex');
 const logger = require('./logger')(__filename);
 const bulkInsert = require('./utils/bulk-insert');
 const chunk = require('./utils/chunk');
+const filterTitle = require('./utils/filter-title');
 
 const mantiClient = new manticore.ApiClient();
 const indexApi = new manticore.IndexApi(mantiClient);
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ async function updateManticoreSceneSearch(releaseIds) {
 	const docs = scenes.rows.map((scene) => {
 		const flatActors = scene.actors.flatMap((actor) => actor.f2.split(' '));
 		const flatTags = scene.tags.filter((tag) => tag.f3 > 6).flatMap((tag) => [tag.f2].concat(tag.f4)).filter(Boolean); // only make top tags searchable to minimize cluttered results
-		const filteredTitle = scene.title && [...flatActors, ...flatTags].reduce((accTitle, tag) => accTitle.replace(new RegExp(`\\b${tag.replace(/[^\w\s]+/g, '')}\\b`, 'gi'), ''), scene.title).trim().replace(/\s{2,}/, ' ');
+		const filteredTitle = filterTitle(scene.title, [...flatActors, ...flatTags]);
 
 		return {
 			replace: {
diff --git a/src/utils/filter-title.js b/src/utils/filter-title.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a1f80dab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/filter-title.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+function filterTitle(title, keys) {
+	if (!title) {
+		return title;
+	}
+
+	return keys.reduce((accTitle, tag) => accTitle.replace(new RegExp(`\\b${tag.replace(/[^\w\s]+/g, '')}\\b`, 'gi'), ''), title).trim().replace(/\s{2,}/, ' ');
+}
+
+module.exports = filterTitle;