diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internalSearch.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internalSearch.js
index 94b29cb31e..41686c6761 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internalSearch.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/row/internalSearch.js
@@ -184,9 +184,12 @@ class QueryBuilder {
     }
 
     const contains = (key, value, mode = "AND") => {
-      if (!Array.isArray(value) || value.length === 0) {
+      if (Array.isArray(value) && value.length === 0) {
         return null
       }
+      if (!Array.isArray(value)) {
+         return `${key}:${value}`
+      }
       let statement = `${builder.preprocess(value[0], { escape: true })}`
       for (let i = 1; i < value.length; i++) {
         statement += ` ${mode} ${builder.preprocess(value[i], {
@@ -197,7 +200,8 @@ class QueryBuilder {
     }
 
     const notContains = (key, value) => {
-      return "*:* AND NOT " + contains(key, value)
+      const allPrefix = allOr === "" ? "*:* AND" : ""
+      return allPrefix + "NOT " + contains(key, value)
     }
 
     const containsAny = (key, value) => {
diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/internalSearch.spec.js b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/internalSearch.spec.js
index 50ee2b26ac..3b478eda17 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/internalSearch.spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/internalSearch.spec.js
@@ -129,9 +129,10 @@ describe("internal search", () => {
     const response = await search.paginatedSearch({
       contains: {
         "column": "a",
+        "colArr": [1, 2, 3],
       },
     }, PARAMS)
-    checkLucene(response, `*:* AND column:a`, PARAMS)
+    checkLucene(response, `*:* AND column:a AND colArr:(1 AND 2 AND 3)`, PARAMS)
   })
 
   it("test multiple of same column", async () => {
@@ -154,4 +155,22 @@ describe("internal search", () => {
     }, PARAMS)
     checkLucene(response, `*:* AND 1\\:column:"a"`, PARAMS)
   })
+
+  it("test containsAny query", async () => {
+    const response = await search.paginatedSearch({
+      containsAny: {
+        "column": ["a", "b", "c"]
+      },
+    }, PARAMS)
+    checkLucene(response, `*:* AND column:(a OR b OR c)`, PARAMS)
+  })
+
+  it("test notContains query", async () => {
+    const response = await search.paginatedSearch({
+      notContains: {
+        "column": ["a", "b", "c"]
+      },
+    }, PARAMS)
+    checkLucene(response, `*:* AND NOT column:(a AND b AND c)`, PARAMS)
+  })
 })
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