diff --git a/evennia/typeclasses/managers.py b/evennia/typeclasses/managers.py
index 20afb8fe2b..cc7126b28c 100644
--- a/evennia/typeclasses/managers.py
+++ b/evennia/typeclasses/managers.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class TypedObjectManager(idmapper.manager.SharedMemoryManager):
         if category:
             query.append(("db_attributes__db_category", category))
         if strvalue:
-            query.append(("db_attributes__db_strvalue", value))
+            query.append(("db_attributes__db_strvalue", strvalue))
         elif value:
             # strvalue and value are mutually exclusive
             query.append(("db_attributes__db_value", value))