diff --git a/components/indexeddb-backbonejs-adapter/backbone-indexeddb.js b/components/indexeddb-backbonejs-adapter/backbone-indexeddb.js
index 2a7e93b9..6a094d9e 100644
--- a/components/indexeddb-backbonejs-adapter/backbone-indexeddb.js
+++ b/components/indexeddb-backbonejs-adapter/backbone-indexeddb.js
@@ -421,13 +421,15 @@
                 });
             } else if (options.index) {
                 index = store.index(options.index.name);
+                var excludeLower = !!options.index.excludeLower;
+                var excludeUpper = !!options.index.excludeUpper;
                 if (index) {
                     if (options.index.lower && options.index.upper) {
-                        bounds = IDBKeyRange.bound(options.index.lower, options.index.upper);
+                        bounds = IDBKeyRange.bound(options.index.lower, options.index.upper, excludeLower, excludeUpper);
                     } else if (options.index.lower) {
-                        bounds = IDBKeyRange.lowerBound(options.index.lower);
+                        bounds = IDBKeyRange.lowerBound(options.index.lower, excludeLower);
                     } else if (options.index.upper) {
-                        bounds = IDBKeyRange.upperBound(options.index.upper);
+                        bounds = IDBKeyRange.upperBound(options.index.upper, excludeUpper);
                     } else if (options.index.only) {
                         bounds = IDBKeyRange.only(options.index.only);
                     }
diff --git a/js/components.js b/js/components.js
index f2188b02..29ce1cc2 100644
--- a/js/components.js
+++ b/js/components.js
@@ -21779,13 +21779,15 @@ return jQuery;
                 });
             } else if (options.index) {
                 index = store.index(options.index.name);
+                var excludeLower = !!options.index.excludeLower;
+                var excludeUpper = !!options.index.excludeUpper;
                 if (index) {
                     if (options.index.lower && options.index.upper) {
-                        bounds = IDBKeyRange.bound(options.index.lower, options.index.upper);
+                        bounds = IDBKeyRange.bound(options.index.lower, options.index.upper, excludeLower, excludeUpper);
                     } else if (options.index.lower) {
-                        bounds = IDBKeyRange.lowerBound(options.index.lower);
+                        bounds = IDBKeyRange.lowerBound(options.index.lower, excludeLower);
                     } else if (options.index.upper) {
-                        bounds = IDBKeyRange.upperBound(options.index.upper);
+                        bounds = IDBKeyRange.upperBound(options.index.upper, excludeUpper);
                     } else if (options.index.only) {
                         bounds = IDBKeyRange.only(options.index.only);
                     }
diff --git a/js/models/conversations.js b/js/models/conversations.js
index 238f7b55..9a2e873f 100644
--- a/js/models/conversations.js
+++ b/js/models/conversations.js
@@ -408,7 +408,8 @@
                     index: {
                         name: 'search', // 'search' index on tokens array
                         lower: query,
-                        upper: upper
+                        upper: upper,
+                        excludeUpper: true
                     }
                 }).always(resolve);
             }.bind(this));