diff --git a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/applications.py b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/applications.py
index 0915abf..9cc726c 100755
--- a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/applications.py
+++ b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/applications.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import subprocess
 import threading
 import urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error
 from fuzzywuzzy import process
+import unidecode
 
 import gi
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
@@ -753,16 +754,15 @@ class pluginclass(object):
         except Exception as e:
             print(e)
 
-    def fuzzy_application_search(self, search_text):
-        for item in self.applicationList:
-            self.applicationsBox.remove(item["button"])
+    def strip_case_and_accents(self, string):
+        if isinstance(string, str):
+            try:
+                value = unidecode.unidecode(string.lower())
+            except:
+                pass
+        return value
 
-        if search_text == "": # Reset application list
-            for item in self.applicationList:
-                self.applicationsBox.remove(item["button"])
-            for item in self.sortedApplicationList:
-                self.applicationsBox.pack_start(item[1], False, False, 0)
-        else: # Perform fuzzy search
+    def fuzzy_application_search(self, search_text):
             labels = [app["button"].appName for app in self.applicationList]
             results = process.extract(search_text, labels, limit=len(labels))
 
@@ -776,6 +776,25 @@ class pluginclass(object):
                             if first_button is True:
                                 app["button"].grab_focus()
                             first_button = False
+                # TODO: Add appGenericName, appComment and appExec
+
+    def exact_application_search(self, search_text):
+        shownList = []
+        first_button = True
+        # TODO: Strip case and accents
+        keywords = self.strip_case_and_accents(search_text).split()
+        for app in self.applicationList:
+            for item in shownList:
+                if app["button"].desktopFile == item.desktopFile:
+                    continue
+            for keyword in keywords:
+                if keyword != "" and (self.strip_case_and_accents(app["button"].appName).find(keyword) != -1):
+                    self.applicationsBox.pack_start(app["button"], False, False, 0)
+                    if first_button is True:
+                        app["button"].grab_focus()
+                    first_button = False
+                    shownList.append(app["button"])
+        print("b")
 
     def Filter(self, widget, category = None):
         self.filterTimer = None
@@ -792,32 +811,20 @@ class pluginclass(object):
                 if self.lastActiveTab != 1:
                     self.changeTab(1, clear = False)
                 text = widget.get_text()
-                # showns = False # Are any app shown?
-                # shownList = []
-                # for i in self.applicationsBox.get_children():
-                #     shown = i.filterText(text)
-                #     if shown:
-                #         dupe = False
-                #         for item in shownList:
-                #             if i.desktopFile == item.desktopFile:
-                #                 dupe = True
-                #         if dupe:
-                #             i.hide()
-                #         else:
-                #             shownList.append(i)
-                #             #if this is the first matching item
-                #             #focus it
-                #             if(not showns):
-                #                 i.grab_focus()
-                #             showns = True
-                self.fuzzy_application_search(text)
-                # TODO Toggle self.enableFuzzySearch
-                
-                # if not showns:
-                #     if len(text) >= 3:
-                #         self.add_search_suggestions(text)
-                #         if self.useAPT:
-                #             GLib.timeout_add(300, self.add_apt_filter_results, text)
+    
+                for item in self.applicationList:
+                    self.applicationsBox.remove(item["button"])
+
+                if text == "": # Reset application list
+                    for item in self.applicationList:
+                        self.applicationsBox.remove(item["button"])
+                    for item in self.sortedApplicationList:
+                        self.applicationsBox.pack_start(item[1], False, False, 0)
+                if self.enableFuzzySearch:
+                    self.fuzzy_application_search(text)
+                else:
+                    self.exact_application_search(text)
+
                 for i in self.categoriesBox.get_children():
                     i.released()
                     i.set_relief(Gtk.ReliefStyle.NONE)
@@ -1728,4 +1735,4 @@ class pluginclass(object):
                 #               print "=======>>> " + item.get_name() + " = top level"
                 #               newApplicationsList.append({"entry": item, "category": ""})
 
-        return newApplicationsList
+        return newApplicationsList
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