diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 5133006d1cce96d4cbb58fb4c6e2311708cf0b8c..910511d7f7dc681aaff5d72757fc99f64ae9bd44 100755
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation Libs.AndroidX.Room.runtime
     kapt Libs.AndroidX.Room.compiler
 
+    // Apache Commons
+    implementation Libs.ApacheCommons.commonsLang
+
     // Unit test dependencies
     testImplementation Libs.junit
     testImplementation Libs.robolectric
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/foundation/e/blisslauncher/core/Utilities.java b/app/src/main/java/foundation/e/blisslauncher/core/Utilities.java
index 51492aa865ab082756671eac81e0c7f454d24fc7..60939bd9c50ff32504db243ec118064898e2d05c 100755
--- a/app/src/main/java/foundation/e/blisslauncher/core/Utilities.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/foundation/e/blisslauncher/core/Utilities.java
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import android.util.TypedValue;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
@@ -217,4 +219,8 @@ public class Utilities {
     public static int boundToRange(int value, int lowerBound, int upperBound) {
         return Math.max(lowerBound, Math.min(value, upperBound));
     }
+
+    public static String stripCaseAndAccents(String input) {
+        return StringUtils.stripAccents(input.toLowerCase());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/foundation/e/blisslauncher/features/launcher/LauncherActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/foundation/e/blisslauncher/features/launcher/LauncherActivity.java
index 7d5b99b7a313269f29dffe3ee4cbb9ce44261f99..d380d9d5cdeb4f430e37cef430252a0bc786ce6e 100755
--- a/app/src/main/java/foundation/e/blisslauncher/features/launcher/LauncherActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/foundation/e/blisslauncher/features/launcher/LauncherActivity.java
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ import androidx.viewpager.widget.ViewPager;
 
 import com.jakewharton.rxbinding3.widget.RxTextView;
 
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -1595,7 +1596,7 @@ public class LauncherActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements
 
     private Observable<SuggestionsResult> searchForLauncherItems(
             CharSequence charSequence) {
-        String query = charSequence.toString().toLowerCase();
+        String query = Utilities.stripCaseAndAccents(charSequence.toString());
         SuggestionsResult suggestionsResult = new SuggestionsResult(
                 query);
         List<LauncherItem> launcherItems = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -1606,11 +1607,11 @@ public class LauncherActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements
                 if (launcherItem.itemType == Constants.ITEM_TYPE_FOLDER) {
                     FolderItem folderItem = (FolderItem) launcherItem;
                     for (LauncherItem item : folderItem.items) {
-                        if (item.title.toString().toLowerCase().contains(query)) {
+                        if (Utilities.stripCaseAndAccents(item.title.toString()).contains(query)) {
                             launcherItems.add(item);
                         }
                     }
-                } else if (launcherItem.title.toString().toLowerCase().contains(query)) {
+                } else if (Utilities.stripCaseAndAccents(launcherItem.title.toString()).contains(query)) {
                     launcherItems.add(launcherItem);
                 }
             }
@@ -1622,11 +1623,11 @@ public class LauncherActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements
             if (launcherItem.itemType == Constants.ITEM_TYPE_FOLDER) {
                 FolderItem folderItem = (FolderItem) launcherItem;
                 for (LauncherItem item : folderItem.items) {
-                    if (item.title.toString().toLowerCase().contains(query)) {
+                    if (Utilities.stripCaseAndAccents(item.title.toString()).contains(query)) {
                         launcherItems.add(item);
                     }
                 }
-            } else if (launcherItem.title.toString().toLowerCase().contains(query)) {
+            } else if (Utilities.stripCaseAndAccents(launcherItem.title.toString()).contains(query)) {
                 launcherItems.add(launcherItem);
             }
         }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/foundation/e/blisslauncher/buildsrc/Dependencies.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/java/foundation/e/blisslauncher/buildsrc/Dependencies.kt
index 6160b2b8b7dad6fee4fdde13c790fa4ddeaf466f..0ee7c3d5d163ac080c205f97f9a0386258ad5a2f 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/foundation/e/blisslauncher/buildsrc/Dependencies.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/foundation/e/blisslauncher/buildsrc/Dependencies.kt
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ object Libs {
     const val robolectric = "org.robolectric:robolectric:${Versions.robolectric}"
     const val mockK = "io.mockk:mockk:${Versions.mockK}"
 
+    object ApacheCommons {
+        const val commonsLang = "org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.12.0"
+    }
+
     object Google {
         const val firebaseCore = "com.google.firebase:firebase-core:${Versions.firebase_core}"
         const val crashlytics = "com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:${Versions.crashlytics}"