diff --git a/filtering/type-based/accent-neutralise.js b/filtering/type-based/accent-neutralise.js
index 79732d2..e917dae 100644
--- a/filtering/type-based/accent-neutralise.js
+++ b/filtering/type-based/accent-neutralise.js
@@ -34,33 +34,51 @@
  *    } );
  */
 
-jQuery.fn.DataTable.ext.type.search.string = function ( data ) {
+(function(){
+
+function removeAccents ( data ) {
+    return data
+        .replace( /έ/g, 'ε' )
+        .replace( /[ύϋΰ]/g, 'υ' )
+        .replace( /ό/g, 'ο' )
+        .replace( /ώ/g, 'ω' )
+        .replace( /ά/g, 'α' )
+        .replace( /[ίϊΐ]/g, 'ι' )
+        .replace( /ή/g, 'η' )
+        .replace( /\n/g, ' ' )
+        .replace( /á/g, 'a' )
+        .replace( /é/g, 'e' )
+        .replace( /í/g, 'i' )
+        .replace( /ó/g, 'o' )
+        .replace( /ú/g, 'u' )
+        .replace( /ê/g, 'e' )
+        .replace( /î/g, 'i' )
+        .replace( /ô/g, 'o' )
+        .replace( /è/g, 'e' )
+        .replace( /ï/g, 'i' )
+        .replace( /ü/g, 'u' )
+        .replace( /ã/g, 'a' )
+        .replace( /õ/g, 'o' )
+        .replace( /ç/g, 'c' )
+        .replace( /ì/g, 'i' );
+}
+
+var searchType = jQuery.fn.DataTable.ext.type.search;
+
+searchType.string = function ( data ) {
+    return ! data ?
+        '' :
+        typeof data === 'string' ?
+            removeAccents( data ) :
+            data;
+};
+
+searchType.html = function ( data ) {
     return ! data ?
         '' :
         typeof data === 'string' ?
-            data
-                .replace( /έ/g, 'ε' )
-                .replace( /[ύϋΰ]/g, 'υ' )
-                .replace( /ό/g, 'ο' )
-                .replace( /ώ/g, 'ω' )
-                .replace( /ά/g, 'α' )
-                .replace( /[ίϊΐ]/g, 'ι' )
-                .replace( /ή/g, 'η' )
-                .replace( /\n/g, ' ' )
-                .replace( /á/g, 'a' )
-                .replace( /é/g, 'e' )
-                .replace( /í/g, 'i' )
-                .replace( /ó/g, 'o' )
-                .replace( /ú/g, 'u' )
-                .replace( /ê/g, 'e' )
-                .replace( /î/g, 'i' )
-                .replace( /ô/g, 'o' )
-                .replace( /è/g, 'e' )
-                .replace( /ï/g, 'i' )
-                .replace( /ü/g, 'u' )
-                .replace( /ã/g, 'a' )
-                .replace( /õ/g, 'o' )
-                .replace( /ç/g, 'c' )
-                .replace( /ì/g, 'i' ) :
+            removeAccents( data.replace( /<.*?>/g, '' ) ) :
             data;
 };
+
+}());
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