diff --git a/.idea/blade.xml b/.idea/blade.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddb9fb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/blade.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="BladeInjectionConfiguration" escapedTextEnd="!!}" escapedTextStart="{!!" />
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94a25f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
+    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$" vcs="Git" />
+  </component>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f3b735..0000000
--- a/composer.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "name": "unicodeveloper/laravel-mentions",
-    "description": "Laravel 5 package that provides facebook-like mention functionality",
-    "keywords": [
-        "laravel",
-        "laravel 5",
-        "laravel-mentions",
-        "facebook-mentions",
-        "autocomplete",
-        "smart search"
-    ],
-    "homepage": "https://github.com/unicodeveloper/laravel-mentions",
-    "license": "MIT",
-    "authors": [
-        {
-            "name": "Prosper Otemuyiwa",
-            "email": "prosperotemuyiwa@gmail.com",
-            "homepage": "https://twitter.com/unicodeveloper",
-            "role": "Developer"
-        }
-    ],
-    "require": {
-        "php" : ">=5.5.9",
-        "laravelcollective/html": "~5.0|~5.1"
-    },
-    "require-dev": {
-        "phpunit/phpunit" : "4.*",
-        "scrutinizer/ocular": "~1.1"
-    },
-    "autoload": {
-        "psr-4": {
-            "Unicodeveloper\\Mention\\": "src"
-        },
-        "files": [
-            "src/helper.php"
-        ]
-    },
-    "autoload-dev": {
-        "psr-4": {
-            "Unicodeveloper\\Mention\\Test\\": "tests"
-        }
-    },
-    "scripts": {
-        "test": "phpunit"
-    },
-    "extra": {
-        "branch-alias": {
-            "dev-master": "1.0-dev"
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/resources/views/assets.blade.php b/resources/views/assets.blade.php
index 98800b0..0dd1c46 100755
--- a/resources/views/assets.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/assets.blade.php
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/laravel.mentions.js"></script>
+<script type="text/javascript" src="/js/laravel.mentions.js"></script> <script></script>
diff --git a/src/Http/Controllers/ApiController.php b/src/Http/Controllers/ApiController.php
index c9eba52..0e4d094 100644
--- a/src/Http/Controllers/ApiController.php
+++ b/src/Http/Controllers/ApiController.php
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ public function index($type, Request $request)
 
             $model = app()->make(config('mentions.' . $type));
 
-            $records = $model->where($column, 'LIKE', "%$query%")
-                             ->get([$column]);
+            $records = $model->where($column, '=~', '.*'.$query.'.*')
+                             ->get();
 
             foreach ($records as $record) {
                 $resultColumns[] = $record->$column;