diff --git a/src/src/constants.jsx b/src/src/constants.jsx
index 8b596a36..0869036e 100644
--- a/src/src/constants.jsx
+++ b/src/src/constants.jsx
@@ -207,20 +207,20 @@ export const EXCLUDE_USER_GROUPS = ["2cf25858-ed44-11e8-991d-0e368f3075e8", "577
 
 // this is a list of fields for the keyword search.  note: must ID fields need to use .keyword
 export const ES_SEARCHABLE_FIELDS = [
+  "created_by_user_displayname", 
+  "created_by_user_email",
+  "dataset_info",
+  "datasets.group_uuid", 
   "description.keyword", 
-  "hubmap_id.keyword", 
-  "submission_id.keyword",
   "display_doi.keyword", 
-  "lab_donor_id.keyword", 
   "display_subtype.keyword",
+  "hubmap_id.keyword", 
+  "lab_dataset_id.keyword",
+  "lab_donor_id.keyword", 
   "lab_name.keyword",
   "lab_tissue_sample_id.keyword",
-  "lab_donor_id.keyword",
-  "lab_dataset_id.keyword",
-  "created_by_user_displayname", 
-  "created_by_user_email",
-  "dataset_info"
-  ];
+  "submission_id.keyword",
+];
 
 // this list is for wildcard searchable fields
 export const ES_SEARCHABLE_WILDCARDS = [
diff --git a/src/src/service/search_api.js b/src/src/service/search_api.js
index 81b805ef..71505e1b 100644
--- a/src/src/service/search_api.js
+++ b/src/src/service/search_api.js
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export function api_search2(params, auth, from, size, fields) {
  *
  */
 export function search_api_filter_es_query_builder(fields, from, size, colFields) {
-
+  console.debug('%c⊙', 'color:#00ff7b', "fields", fields);
   let requestBody =  esb.requestBodySearch();
   let boolQuery = "";
     if (fields["keywords"] && fields["keywords"].indexOf("*") > -1) {  // if keywords contain a wildcard
@@ -128,7 +128,13 @@ export function search_api_filter_es_query_builder(fields, from, size, colFields
         if (fields["group_name"]) {
           boolQuery.must(esb.matchQuery("group_name.keyword", fields["group_name"]));
         } else if (fields["group_uuid"]) {
-          boolQuery.must(esb.matchQuery("group_uuid.keyword", fields["group_uuid"]));
+          // this'll be from the dropdown, 
+          // if its a collection, we wanna search the datasets of it, not it itself
+          if (fields["entity_type"] === 'Collection') {
+            boolQuery.must(esb.matchQuery("datasets.group_uuid.keyword", fields["group_uuid"]));            
+          } else {
+            boolQuery.must(esb.matchQuery("group_uuid.keyword", fields["group_uuid"]));
+          }
         } 
         // was specimen types selected
         if (fields["sample_category"]) {