diff --git a/src/core/symbology-ng/qgsstylev2.cpp b/src/core/symbology-ng/qgsstylev2.cpp
index 459230b..6382dce 100644
--- a/src/core/symbology-ng/qgsstylev2.cpp
+++ b/src/core/symbology-ng/qgsstylev2.cpp
@@ -746,6 +746,7 @@ bool QgsStyleV2::group( StyleEntity type, QString name, int groupid )
 
 QStringList QgsStyleV2::findSymbols( StyleEntity type, QString qword )
 {
+  QgsDebugMsg( "Entered" );
   if ( !mCurrentDB )
   {
     QgsDebugMsg( "Sorry! Cannot open database to search" );
@@ -753,8 +754,9 @@ QStringList QgsStyleV2::findSymbols( StyleEntity type, QString qword )
   }
 
   QString item = ( type == SymbolEntity ) ? "symbol" : "colorramp";
-  char *query = sqlite3_mprintf( "SELECT name FROM %q WHERE xml LIKE '%%%q%%'",
+  char *query = sqlite3_mprintf( "SELECT name FROM %q WHERE name LIKE '%%%q%%'",
                                   item.toUtf8().constData(), qword.toUtf8().constData() );
+  QgsDebugMsg( "query = " + QString( query ) );
 
   sqlite3_stmt *ppStmt;
   int nErr = sqlite3_prepare_v2( mCurrentDB, query, -1, &ppStmt, NULL );
@@ -768,6 +770,7 @@ QStringList QgsStyleV2::findSymbols( StyleEntity type, QString qword )
   sqlite3_finalize( ppStmt );
 
   query = sqlite3_mprintf( "SELECT id FROM tag WHERE name LIKE '%%%q%%'", qword.toUtf8().constData() );
+  QgsDebugMsg( "query = " + QString( query ) );
   nErr = sqlite3_prepare_v2( mCurrentDB, query, -1, &ppStmt, NULL );
 
   QStringList tagids;
@@ -791,6 +794,7 @@ QStringList QgsStyleV2::findSymbols( StyleEntity type, QString qword )
     query = sqlite3_mprintf( "SELECT colorramp_id FROM ctagmap WHERE tag_id IN (%q)",
                               dummy.toUtf8().constData() );
   }
+  QgsDebugMsg( "query = " + QString( query ) );
   nErr = sqlite3_prepare_v2( mCurrentDB, query, -1, &ppStmt, NULL );
 
   QStringList symbolids;
@@ -805,6 +809,7 @@ QStringList QgsStyleV2::findSymbols( StyleEntity type, QString qword )
   dummy = symbolids.join( ", " );
   query = sqlite3_mprintf( "SELECT name FROM %q  WHERE id IN (%q)",
                             item.toUtf8().constData(), dummy.toUtf8().constData() );
+  QgsDebugMsg( "query = " + QString( query ) );
   nErr = sqlite3_prepare_v2( mCurrentDB, query, -1, &ppStmt, NULL );
   while ( nErr == SQLITE_OK && sqlite3_step( ppStmt ) == SQLITE_ROW )
   {
@@ -815,6 +820,8 @@ QStringList QgsStyleV2::findSymbols( StyleEntity type, QString qword )
 
   sqlite3_finalize( ppStmt );
 
+  QgsDebugMsg( QString( "found %1 matching symbols" ).arg( symbols.count() ) );
+
   return symbols;
 }