diff --git a/pandora/annotation/managers.py b/pandora/annotation/managers.py
index bffd71ac4..d156b8039 100644
--- a/pandora/annotation/managers.py
+++ b/pandora/annotation/managers.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ def parseCondition(condition, user):
         'in': 'start',
         'out': 'end',
         'id': 'public_id',
+        'value': 'findvalue',
     }.get(k, k)
     if not k:
         k = 'name'
diff --git a/pandora/clip/managers.py b/pandora/clip/managers.py
index 4a748751f..513036b04 100644
--- a/pandora/clip/managers.py
+++ b/pandora/clip/managers.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def parseCondition(condition, user):
         'in': 'start',
         'out': 'end',
         'place': 'annotations__places__id',
-        'text': 'annotations__value',
+        'text': 'annotations__findvalue',
         'user': 'annotations__user__username',
     }.get(k, k)
     if not k:
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def parseCondition(condition, user):
                      for l in filter(lambda l: not l.get('private', False),
                                      settings.CONFIG['layers'])]
     if k in public_layers:
-        return parseCondition({'key': 'annotations__value',
+        return parseCondition({'key': 'annotations__findvalue',
                                'value': v,
                                'operator': op}, user) \
              & parseCondition({'key': 'annotations__layer',
diff --git a/pandora/clip/views.py b/pandora/clip/views.py
index 39f27d69c..f6c2f04c0 100644
--- a/pandora/clip/views.py
+++ b/pandora/clip/views.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def order_query(qs, sort):
         if key.startswith('clip:'):
             key = e['key'][len('clip:'):]
             key = {
-                'text': 'annotations__value',
+                'text': 'annotations__sortvalue',
                 'position': 'start',
             }.get(key, key)
         elif key not in clip_keys:
diff --git a/pandora/item/utils.py b/pandora/item/utils.py
index c7c851b46..f72a1bbfd 100644
--- a/pandora/item/utils.py
+++ b/pandora/item/utils.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def sort_string(string):
 
     #pad numbered titles
     string = re.sub('(\d+)', lambda x: '%010d' % int(x.group(0)), string)
-    return unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', string).lower()
+    return unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', string)
 
 
 def sort_title(title):