diff --git a/explorer/src/components/SearchBar.tsx b/explorer/src/components/SearchBar.tsx
index 3daf31de7a..fe7b0e3b37 100644
--- a/explorer/src/components/SearchBar.tsx
+++ b/explorer/src/components/SearchBar.tsx
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ function buildTokenOptions(search: string, cluster: Cluster) {
   }
 }
 
-function buildOptions(search: string, cluster: Cluster) {
+function buildOptions(rawSearch: string, cluster: Cluster) {
+  const search = rawSearch.trim();
   if (search.length === 0) return [];
 
   const options = [];