diff --git a/app/scripts/util/entry-search.js b/app/scripts/util/entry-search.js
index a44031c2..a58c23f3 100644
--- a/app/scripts/util/entry-search.js
+++ b/app/scripts/util/entry-search.js
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ class EntrySearch {
         return context.matches && context.matches.length === find.length;
     }
 
-    static matchStringMultiLower(str, find, context, lower) {
-        return EntrySearch.matchStringLower(str, find, context, true);
+    static matchStringMultiLower(str, find, context) {
+        return EntrySearch.matchStringMulti(str, find, context, true);
     }
 
     static matchRegex(str, regex) {
diff --git a/release-notes.md b/release-notes.md
index 92e021c8..ab11de3f 100644
--- a/release-notes.md
+++ b/release-notes.md
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ Release notes
 `+` option to minimize on field copy  
 `-` fixed creating files with Argon2id KDF  
 
+##### v1.16.8 (TBD)
+`-` fix #1726: search in protected fields  
+
 ##### v1.16.7 (2020-12-31)
 `-` fix #1671: new lines removal issue in notes