diff --git a/api/lib/utils/misc.js b/api/lib/utils/misc.js
index 3d971751fc..91982947f5 100644
--- a/api/lib/utils/misc.js
+++ b/api/lib/utils/misc.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const cleanUpPrimaryKeyValue = (value) => {
   // For Bing convoId handling
-  return value.replace(/--/g, '-');
+  return value.replace(/--/g, '|');
 };
 
 function replaceSup(text) {
diff --git a/api/lib/utils/reduceHits.js b/api/lib/utils/reduceHits.js
index 8c93f72404..63ca0491ff 100644
--- a/api/lib/utils/reduceHits.js
+++ b/api/lib/utils/reduceHits.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const mergeSort = require('./mergeSort');
+const { cleanUpPrimaryKeyValue } = require('./misc');
 
 function reduceMessages(hits) {
   const counts = {};
@@ -29,15 +30,16 @@ function reduceHits(hits, titles = []) {
   const convos = [...hits, ...titles];
 
   for (const convo of convos) {
-    if (!counts[convo.conversationId]) {
-      counts[convo.conversationId] = 1;
+    const currentId = cleanUpPrimaryKeyValue(convo.conversationId);
+    if (!counts[currentId]) {
+      counts[currentId] = 1;
     } else {
-      counts[convo.conversationId]++;
+      counts[currentId]++;
     }
 
     if (convo.title) {
-      // titleMap[convo.conversationId] = convo._formatted.title;
-      titleMap[convo.conversationId] = convo.title;
+      // titleMap[currentId] = convo._formatted.title;
+      titleMap[currentId] = convo.title;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/api/models/Conversation.js b/api/models/Conversation.js
index 732005b968..b5716add01 100644
--- a/api/models/Conversation.js
+++ b/api/models/Conversation.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // const { Conversation } = require('./plugins');
 const Conversation = require('./schema/convoSchema');
-const { cleanUpPrimaryKeyValue } = require('../lib/utils/misc');
 const { getMessages, deleteMessages } = require('./Message');
 
 const getConvo = async (user, conversationId) => {
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ module.exports = {
         promises.push(
           Conversation.findOne({
             user,
-            conversationId: cleanUpPrimaryKeyValue(convo.conversationId)
+            conversationId: convo.conversationId,
           }).exec()
         )
       );
diff --git a/api/server/routes/search.js b/api/server/routes/search.js
index 5583efeabc..076e4093c9 100644
--- a/api/server/routes/search.js
+++ b/api/server/routes/search.js
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ router.get('/sync', async function (req, res) {
 
 router.get('/', async function (req, res) {
   try {
-    const user = req?.session?.user?.username;
+    let user = req?.session?.user?.username;
+    user = user ?? null;
     const { q } = req.query;
     const pageNumber = req.query.pageNumber || 1;
     const key = `${user || ''}${q}`;
@@ -50,8 +51,10 @@ router.get('/', async function (req, res) {
       };
     });
     const titles = (await Conversation.meiliSearch(q)).hits;
-    console.log('message hits:', messages.length, 'convo hits:', titles.length);
     const sortedHits = reduceHits(messages, titles);
+    // debugging:
+    // console.log('user:', user, 'message hits:', messages.length, 'convo hits:', titles.length);
+    // console.log('sorted hits:', sortedHits.length);
     const result = await getConvosQueried(user, sortedHits, pageNumber);
 
     const activeMessages = [];
diff --git a/client/src/components/Messages/Content/Content.jsx b/client/src/components/Messages/Content/Content.jsx
index 03f565175d..e240c9986f 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Messages/Content/Content.jsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Messages/Content/Content.jsx
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import rehypeRaw from 'rehype-raw'
 import CodeBlock from './CodeBlock';
 import { langSubset } from '~/utils/languages';
 
-const Content = React.memo(({ content, isCreatedByUser = false }) => {
-  const rehypePlugins = [
+const Content = React.memo(({ content, isCreatedByUser = true }) => {
+  let rehypePlugins = [
     [rehypeKatex, { output: 'mathml' }],
     [
       rehypeHighlight,
@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@ const Content = React.memo(({ content, isCreatedByUser = false }) => {
       }
     ],
     [rehypeRaw],
-  ]
+  ];
+
+  rehypePlugins = isCreatedByUser ? rehypePlugins.slice(0, -1) : rehypePlugins;
+
   return (
     <>
       <ReactMarkdown
         remarkPlugins={[remarkGfm, [remarkMath, { singleDollarTextMath: false }]]}
-        rehypePlugins={isCreatedByUser ? rehypePlugins.slice(-1) : rehypePlugins}
+        rehypePlugins={rehypePlugins}
         linkTarget="_new"
         components={{
           code,
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 569af4602f..c15825c314 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ services:
       - ./api:/api
       - /api/node_modules
   mongodb:
+    ports:
+      - 27018:27017
     image: mongo
     restart: always
     container_name: mongodb