diff --git a/features/searchHighlight/dataTables.searchHighlight.js b/features/searchHighlight/dataTables.searchHighlight.js
index 6218c12..9da6afc 100644
--- a/features/searchHighlight/dataTables.searchHighlight.js
+++ b/features/searchHighlight/dataTables.searchHighlight.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function highlight( body, table )
 
 	// Don't highlight the "not found" row, so we get the rows using the api
 	if ( table.rows( { filter: 'applied' } ).data().length ) {
-		body.highlight( table.search().split(' ') );
+		body.highlight( $.trim( table.search() ).split(/\s+/) );
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/features/searchHighlight/dataTables.searchHighlight.min.js b/features/searchHighlight/dataTables.searchHighlight.min.js
index bfbc569..2b66437 100644
--- a/features/searchHighlight/dataTables.searchHighlight.min.js
+++ b/features/searchHighlight/dataTables.searchHighlight.min.js
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
  SearchHighlight for DataTables v1.0.1
  2014 SpryMedia Ltd - datatables.net/license
 */
-(function(g,d,a){function e(a,c){a.unhighlight();c.rows({filter:"applied"}).data().length&&a.highlight(c.search().split(" "))}a(d).on("init.dt.dth",function(d,c){var b=new a.fn.dataTable.Api(c),f=a(b.table().body());if(a(b.table().node()).hasClass("searchHighlight")||c.oInit.searchHighlight||a.fn.dataTable.defaults.searchHighlight)b.on("draw.dt.dth column-visibility.dt.dth column-reorder.dt.dth",function(){e(f,b)}).on("destroy",function(){b.off("draw.dt.dth column-visibility.dt.dth column-reorder.dt.dth")}),
-b.search()&&e(f,b)})})(window,document,jQuery);
+(function(h,g,b){function e(d,c){d.unhighlight();c.rows({filter:"applied"}).data().length&&d.highlight(b.trim(c.search()).split(/\s+/))}b(g).on("init.dt.dth",function(d,c){var a=new b.fn.dataTable.Api(c),f=b(a.table().body());if(b(a.table().node()).hasClass("searchHighlight")||c.oInit.searchHighlight||b.fn.dataTable.defaults.searchHighlight)a.on("draw.dt.dth column-visibility.dt.dth column-reorder.dt.dth",function(){e(f,a)}).on("destroy",function(){a.off("draw.dt.dth column-visibility.dt.dth column-reorder.dt.dth")}),
+a.search()&&e(f,a)})})(window,document,jQuery);