diff --git a/app/views/user.py b/app/views/user.py
index 5dfc15e..82019be 100644
--- a/app/views/user.py
+++ b/app/views/user.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from flask import Blueprint, render_template, request, flash, redirect, url_for, jsonify
-from flask_login import login_required
+from flask_login import login_required, current_user
 from app.controllers import create_pagination
 from sqlalchemy import not_
 
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ def search():
     if book_id:
         book_contributors = m.BookContributor.query.filter_by(book_id=book_id).all()
         user_ids = [contributor.user_id for contributor in book_contributors]
+        user_ids.append(current_user.id)
         query_user = query_user.filter(not_(m.User.id.in_(user_ids)))
     query_user = query_user.limit(configuration.MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_users.py b/tests/test_users.py
index e0f86a4..0591971 100644
--- a/tests/test_users.py
+++ b/tests/test_users.py
@@ -47,13 +47,26 @@ def test_delete_user(populate: FlaskClient):
 
 
 def test_search_user(populate: FlaskClient, runner: FlaskCliRunner):
-    login(populate)
+    _, current_user = login(populate)
     MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS = populate.application.config["MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS"]
 
     response = populate.get("/user/search")
     assert response.status_code == 422
     assert response.json["message"] == "q parameter is required"
 
+    q = current_user.username
+
+    response = populate.get(f"/user/search?q={q}")
+    assert response.json
+
+    users = response.json.get("users")
+    assert users
+    assert len(users) <= MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS
+
+    for user in users:
+        assert q in user["username"]
+        assert user["username"] != current_user
+
     q = "user"
 
     response = populate.get(f"/user/search?q={q}")