diff --git a/migrations/20190325001339_releases.js b/migrations/20190325001339_releases.js
index 3a3280ee..e7c313df 100644
--- a/migrations/20190325001339_releases.js
+++ b/migrations/20190325001339_releases.js
@@ -476,6 +476,15 @@ exports.up = knex => Promise.resolve()
         ALTER TABLE releases_search
             ADD COLUMN document tsvector;
 
+        CREATE TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY traxxx (
+            TEMPLATE = pg_catalog.simple,
+            stopwords = traxxx
+        );
+
+        CREATE TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION traxxx (
+            COPY = english
+        );
+
         CREATE UNIQUE INDEX releases_search_unique ON releases_search (release_id);
         CREATE INDEX releases_search_index ON releases_search USING GIN (document);
 
@@ -492,8 +501,8 @@ exports.up = knex => Promise.resolve()
 
         CREATE FUNCTION search_releases(query text) RETURNS SETOF releases_search AS $$
             SELECT * FROM releases_search AS search
-            WHERE search.document @@ plainto_tsquery(replace(query, '.', ' '))
-            ORDER BY ts_rank(search.document, plainto_tsquery(replace(query, '.', ' '))) DESC;
+            WHERE search.document @@ plainto_tsquery('traxxx', replace(query, '.', ' '))
+            ORDER BY ts_rank(search.document, plainto_tsquery('traxxx', replace(query, '.', ' '))) DESC;
         $$ LANGUAGE SQL STABLE;
 
         /*
@@ -557,4 +566,7 @@ exports.down = knex => knex.raw(`
     DROP TABLE IF EXISTS media CASCADE;
     DROP TABLE IF EXISTS countries CASCADE;
     DROP TABLE IF EXISTS networks CASCADE;
+
+    DROP TEXT SEARCH CONFIGURATION IF EXISTS traxxx;
+    DROP TEXT SEARCH DICTIONARY IF EXISTS traxxx;
 `);
diff --git a/src/releases.js b/src/releases.js
index b0ae915c..3b3ed71d 100644
--- a/src/releases.js
+++ b/src/releases.js
@@ -374,21 +374,30 @@ async function updateReleasesSearch(releaseIds) {
         SELECT
             releases.id as release_id,
             to_tsvector(
+                'traxxx',
                 releases.title || ' ' ||
                 sites.name || ' ' ||
                 sites.slug || ' ' ||
-                replace(CAST(releases.date AS VARCHAR), '-', ' ') || ' ' ||
+                networks.name || ' ' ||
+                networks.slug || ' ' ||
+                EXTRACT(YEAR FROM releases.date) || ' ' ||
+                CAST(EXTRACT(MONTH FROM releases.date) AS VARCHAR) || ' ' ||
+                CAST(EXTRACT(DAY FROM releases.date) AS VARCHAR) || ' ' ||
+                SUBSTRING(CAST(EXTRACT(YEAR FROM releases.date) AS VARCHAR) FROM 3 for 2) || ' ' ||
+                LPAD(CAST(EXTRACT(MONTH FROM releases.date) AS VARCHAR), 2, '0') || ' ' ||
+                LPAD(CAST(EXTRACT(DAY FROM releases.date) AS VARCHAR), 2, '0') || ' ' ||
                 string_agg(coalesce(actors.name, ''), ' ') || ' ' ||
                 string_agg(coalesce(tags.name, ''), ' ')
             ) as document
         FROM releases
-        JOIN sites ON releases.site_id = sites.id
+        LEFT JOIN sites ON releases.site_id = sites.id
+        LEFT JOIN networks ON sites.network_id = networks.id
         LEFT JOIN releases_actors AS local_actors ON local_actors.release_id = releases.id
         LEFT JOIN releases_tags AS local_tags ON local_tags.release_id = releases.id
         LEFT JOIN actors ON local_actors.actor_id = actors.id
         LEFT JOIN tags ON local_tags.tag_id = tags.id
         WHERE releases.id = ANY(?)
-        GROUP BY releases.id, sites.name, sites.slug;
+        GROUP BY releases.id, sites.name, sites.slug, networks.name, networks.slug;
     `, [releaseIds]);
 
     if (documents.rows?.length > 0) {
@@ -467,13 +476,14 @@ async function storeReleases(releases) {
     const actors = accumulateActors(storedReleases);
     const movies = accumulateMovies(storedReleases);
 
+    await associateActors(actors, storedReleases);
+
     await Promise.all([
-        associateActors(actors, storedReleases),
+        // actors need to be stored before generating search
+        updateReleasesSearch(storedReleases.map(release => release.id)),
         storeReleaseAssets(storedReleases),
     ]);
 
-    await updateReleasesSearch(storedReleases.map(release => release.id));
-
     if (argv.withProfiles && Object.keys(actors).length > 0) {
         await scrapeBasicActors();
     }
diff --git a/src/scrapers/mindgeek.js b/src/scrapers/mindgeek.js
index c2f45c2a..bc515f2f 100644
--- a/src/scrapers/mindgeek.js
+++ b/src/scrapers/mindgeek.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const { CookieJar } = Promise.promisifyAll(require('tough-cookie'));
 const moment = require('moment');
 
 const { ex } = require('../utils/q');
+const slugify = require('../utils/slugify');
 const { inchesToCm, lbsToKg } = require('../utils/convert');
 const { cookieToData } = require('../utils/cookies');
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ function scrapeScene(data, url, _site, networkName) {
     }
 
     const siteName = data.collections[0]?.name || data.brand;
-    release.channel = siteName.replace(/\s+/g, '').toLowerCase();
+    release.channel = slugify(siteName, { delimiter: '' });
 
     release.url = url || `https://www.${networkName || data.brand}.com/scene/${entryId}/`;