diff --git a/app/controllers/bubbles_controller.rb b/app/controllers/bubbles_controller.rb
index 7765be897..97cc84a2a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/bubbles_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/bubbles_controller.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ class BubblesController < ApplicationController
 
   def index
     @bubbles = @filter.bubbles
-    @bubbles = @bubbles.mentioning(params[:term]) if params[:term].present?
+
+    Array.wrap(params[:terms]).each do |term|
+      @bubbles = @bubbles.mentioning(term)
+    end
   end
 
   def create
diff --git a/app/helpers/filters_helper.rb b/app/helpers/filters_helper.rb
index f2f224dd6..ef458cb44 100644
--- a/app/helpers/filters_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/filters_helper.rb
@@ -3,10 +3,16 @@ module FiltersHelper
     "#{name}_filter--#{value}"
   end
 
-  def filter_buttons(filter, **)
-    filter.to_h.map do |kind, object|
+  def filter_buttons(filter, terms, **)
+    filters = filter.to_h.map do |kind, object|
       filter_button_from kind, object, **
-    end.join.html_safe
+    end
+
+    terms = Array.wrap(terms).map do |term|
+      filter_button_from :terms, term, **
+    end
+
+    safe_join filters + terms
   end
 
   def filter_button_tag(display:, value:, name:, **options)
@@ -50,6 +56,8 @@ module FiltersHelper
         [ object.humanize, object, "indexed_by" ]
       when :assignments
         [ object.humanize, object, "assignments" ]
+      when :terms
+        [ %Q("#{object}"), object, "terms[]" ]
       end.then do |display, value, name|
         { display: display, value: value, name: name }
       end
diff --git a/app/views/bubbles/_filters.html.erb b/app/views/bubbles/_filters.html.erb
index f5233e139..e64765602 100644
--- a/app/views/bubbles/_filters.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/bubbles/_filters.html.erb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     </button>
 
     <%= form_with url: bubbles_path, method: :get, class: "flex-inline center align-center gap-half", data: { controller: "form" } do %>
-      <%= filter_buttons filter %>
+      <%= filter_buttons filter, terms %>
     <% end %>
   </div>
 
@@ -38,18 +38,19 @@
         </button>
 
         <%= form_with url: bubbles_path, id: :filter_form, method: :get, class: "flex-inline center align-center gap-half" do %>
-          <%= filter_buttons filter, class: "fill-selected" %>
+          <%= filter_buttons filter, terms, class: "fill-selected" %>
         <% end %>
       </div>
 
-      <div class="flex gap flex-item-grow align-center justify-center full-width center margin-block">
-        <input type="text" class="input full-width" placeholder="Type to match words…" autocomplete="off" />
+      <%= form_with url: filter_buttons_path, method: :post, class: "flex gap flex-item-grow align-center justify-center full-width center margin-block" do %>
+        <%= hidden_field_tag :name, "terms[]" %>
+        <input name="value" type="text" class="input full-width" placeholder="Type to match words…" autocomplete="off" />
 
         <button class="btn txt-small" type="submit">
           <span class="for-screen-reader">Submit text filter</span>
           <%= image_tag "add.svg", aria: { hidden: true }, size: 24 %>
         </button>
-      </div>
+      <% end %>
 
       <div class="flex flex-column gap full-width" style="--border-color: var(--color-subtle)">
         <div class="flex gap">
diff --git a/app/views/bubbles/index.html.erb b/app/views/bubbles/index.html.erb
index 406a1960d..9065ff749 100644
--- a/app/views/bubbles/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/bubbles/index.html.erb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <% end %>
 
     <header class="txt-align-center">
-      <%= render "bubbles/filters", filter: @filter %>
+      <%= render "bubbles/filters", filter: @filter, terms: params[:terms] %>
     </header>
 
     <% if @filter.buckets.any? %>
diff --git a/app/views/filter_buttons/create.turbo_stream.erb b/app/views/filter_buttons/create.turbo_stream.erb
index 0a242797e..b7546c382 100644
--- a/app/views/filter_buttons/create.turbo_stream.erb
+++ b/app/views/filter_buttons/create.turbo_stream.erb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <%= turbo_stream.remove filter_button_id(params[:value], params[:name]) %>
+
 <%= turbo_stream.append :filter_form do %>
-  <%= filter_button_tag display: params[:display], value: params[:value], name: params[:name], class: "fill-selected" %>
+  <%= filter_button_tag display: params[:display] || %Q("#{params[:value]}"),
+        value: params[:value], name: params[:name], class: "fill-selected" %>
 <% end %>