diff --git a/features/searchHighlight/dataTables.searchHighlight.js b/features/searchHighlight/dataTables.searchHighlight.js
index c075994..d0533c7 100644
--- a/features/searchHighlight/dataTables.searchHighlight.js
+++ b/features/searchHighlight/dataTables.searchHighlight.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ $(document).on( 'init.dt.dth', function (e, settings, json) {
 
 				// Don't highlight the "not found" row
 				if ( table.rows( { filter: 'applied' } ).data().length ) {
-					body.highlight( table.search().split(' ') );
+					body.highlight( table.search().split(/[^0-9A-Za-z]/) );
 				}
 			} )
 			.on( 'destroy', function () {
diff --git a/features/searchHighlight/dataTables.searchHighlight.min.js b/features/searchHighlight/dataTables.searchHighlight.min.js
index 945c24d..a248fd8 100644
--- a/features/searchHighlight/dataTables.searchHighlight.min.js
+++ b/features/searchHighlight/dataTables.searchHighlight.min.js
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
  SearchHighlight for DataTables v1.0.0
  2014 SpryMedia Ltd - datatables.net/license
 */
-(function(f,c,b){b(c).on("init.dt.dth",function(c,d){var a=new b.fn.dataTable.Api(d),e=b(a.table().body());if(b(a.table().node()).hasClass("searchHighlight")||d.oInit.searchHighlight||b.fn.dataTable.defaults.searchHighlight)a.on("draw.dt.dth column-visibility.dt.dth",function(){e.unhighlight();a.rows({filter:"applied"}).data().length&&e.highlight(a.search())}).on("destroy",function(){a.off("draw.dt.dth column-visibility.dt.dth")})})})(window,document,jQuery);
+(function(f,c,b){b(c).on("init.dt.dth",function(c,d){var a=new b.fn.dataTable.Api(d),e=b(a.table().body());if(b(a.table().node()).hasClass("searchHighlight")||d.oInit.searchHighlight||b.fn.dataTable.defaults.searchHighlight)a.on("draw.dt.dth column-visibility.dt.dth",function(){e.unhighlight();a.rows({filter:"applied"}).data().length&&e.highlight(a.search().split(/[^0-9A-Za-z]/))}).on("destroy",function(){a.off("draw.dt.dth column-visibility.dt.dth")})})})(window,document,jQuery);