diff --git a/modules/backend/src/main/scala/docspell/backend/ops/OSimpleSearch.scala b/modules/backend/src/main/scala/docspell/backend/ops/OSimpleSearch.scala
index e468eaaf..1c5e54df 100644
--- a/modules/backend/src/main/scala/docspell/backend/ops/OSimpleSearch.scala
+++ b/modules/backend/src/main/scala/docspell/backend/ops/OSimpleSearch.scala
@@ -52,37 +52,41 @@ object OSimpleSearch {
 
   sealed trait Items {
     def fold[A](
-        f1: Vector[OFulltext.FtsItem] => A,
-        f2: Vector[OFulltext.FtsItemWithTags] => A,
+        f1: Items.FtsItems => A,
+        f2: Items.FtsItemsFull => A,
         f3: Vector[OItemSearch.ListItem] => A,
         f4: Vector[OItemSearch.ListItemWithTags] => A
     ): A
 
   }
   object Items {
-    def ftsItems(items: Vector[OFulltext.FtsItem]): Items =
-      FtsItems(items)
+    def ftsItems(indexOnly: Boolean)(items: Vector[OFulltext.FtsItem]): Items =
+      FtsItems(items, indexOnly)
 
-    case class FtsItems(items: Vector[OFulltext.FtsItem]) extends Items {
+    case class FtsItems(items: Vector[OFulltext.FtsItem], indexOnly: Boolean)
+        extends Items {
       def fold[A](
-          f1: Vector[OFulltext.FtsItem] => A,
-          f2: Vector[OFulltext.FtsItemWithTags] => A,
+          f1: FtsItems => A,
+          f2: FtsItemsFull => A,
           f3: Vector[OItemSearch.ListItem] => A,
           f4: Vector[OItemSearch.ListItemWithTags] => A
-      ): A = f1(items)
+      ): A = f1(this)
 
     }
 
-    def ftsItemsFull(items: Vector[OFulltext.FtsItemWithTags]): Items =
-      FtsItemsFull(items)
+    def ftsItemsFull(indexOnly: Boolean)(
+        items: Vector[OFulltext.FtsItemWithTags]
+    ): Items =
+      FtsItemsFull(items, indexOnly)
 
-    case class FtsItemsFull(items: Vector[OFulltext.FtsItemWithTags]) extends Items {
+    case class FtsItemsFull(items: Vector[OFulltext.FtsItemWithTags], indexOnly: Boolean)
+        extends Items {
       def fold[A](
-          f1: Vector[OFulltext.FtsItem] => A,
-          f2: Vector[OFulltext.FtsItemWithTags] => A,
+          f1: FtsItems => A,
+          f2: FtsItemsFull => A,
           f3: Vector[OItemSearch.ListItem] => A,
           f4: Vector[OItemSearch.ListItemWithTags] => A
-      ): A = f2(items)
+      ): A = f2(this)
     }
 
     def itemsPlain(items: Vector[OItemSearch.ListItem]): Items =
@@ -90,8 +94,8 @@ object OSimpleSearch {
 
     case class ItemsPlain(items: Vector[OItemSearch.ListItem]) extends Items {
       def fold[A](
-          f1: Vector[OFulltext.FtsItem] => A,
-          f2: Vector[OFulltext.FtsItemWithTags] => A,
+          f1: FtsItems => A,
+          f2: FtsItemsFull => A,
           f3: Vector[OItemSearch.ListItem] => A,
           f4: Vector[OItemSearch.ListItemWithTags] => A
       ): A = f3(items)
@@ -102,8 +106,8 @@ object OSimpleSearch {
 
     case class ItemsFull(items: Vector[OItemSearch.ListItemWithTags]) extends Items {
       def fold[A](
-          f1: Vector[OFulltext.FtsItem] => A,
-          f2: Vector[OFulltext.FtsItemWithTags] => A,
+          f1: FtsItems => A,
+          f2: FtsItemsFull => A,
           f3: Vector[OItemSearch.ListItem] => A,
           f4: Vector[OItemSearch.ListItemWithTags] => A
       ): A = f4(items)
@@ -190,7 +194,7 @@ object OSimpleSearch {
                 q.fix.account,
                 settings.batch
               )
-              .map(Items.ftsItemsFull)
+              .map(Items.ftsItemsFull(true))
           else if (settings.resolveDetails)
             fts
               .findItemsWithTags(settings.maxNoteLen)(
@@ -198,11 +202,11 @@ object OSimpleSearch {
                 OFulltext.FtsInput(ftq),
                 settings.batch
               )
-              .map(Items.ftsItemsFull)
+              .map(Items.ftsItemsFull(false))
           else
             fts
               .findItems(settings.maxNoteLen)(q, OFulltext.FtsInput(ftq), settings.batch)
-              .map(Items.ftsItems)
+              .map(Items.ftsItems(false))
 
         case _ =>
           if (settings.resolveDetails)
diff --git a/modules/query/shared/src/test/scala/docspell/query/FulltextExtractTest.scala b/modules/query/shared/src/test/scala/docspell/query/FulltextExtractTest.scala
index 8b1fe312..9b6ea799 100644
--- a/modules/query/shared/src/test/scala/docspell/query/FulltextExtractTest.scala
+++ b/modules/query/shared/src/test/scala/docspell/query/FulltextExtractTest.scala
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ class FulltextExtractTest extends FunSuite {
       findFts("content:\"what OR hello\""),
       Result.Success(ItemQuery.all.expr, "what OR hello".some)
     )
+
+    assertEquals(
+      findFts("(& content:\"what OR hello\" )"),
+      Result.Success(ItemQuery.all.expr, "what OR hello".some)
+    )
   }
 
   test("find no fulltext") {
diff --git a/modules/restserver/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/modules/restserver/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index d972abcb..f9b2d921 100644
--- a/modules/restserver/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/modules/restserver/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
   <logger name="docspell" level="debug" />
   <logger name="emil" level="debug"/>
-  <logger name="docspell.store.queries.QItem" level="trace"/>
 
   <root level="INFO">
     <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
diff --git a/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/conv/Conversions.scala b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/conv/Conversions.scala
index a6516bc0..cede3845 100644
--- a/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/conv/Conversions.scala
+++ b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/conv/Conversions.scala
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ trait Conversions {
     if (v.isEmpty) ItemLightList(Nil)
     else ItemLightList(List(ItemLightGroup("Results", v.map(mkItemLightWithTags).toList)))
 
+  def mkItemListFtsPlain(v: Vector[OFulltext.FtsItem]): ItemLightList =
+    if (v.isEmpty) ItemLightList(Nil)
+    else ItemLightList(List(ItemLightGroup("Results", v.map(mkItemLight).toList)))
+
   def mkItemLight(i: OItemSearch.ListItem): ItemLight =
     ItemLight(
       i.id,
diff --git a/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/routes/ItemRoutes.scala b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/routes/ItemRoutes.scala
index 9422fdb0..2e7fbbb5 100644
--- a/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/routes/ItemRoutes.scala
+++ b/modules/restserver/src/main/scala/docspell/restserver/routes/ItemRoutes.scala
@@ -497,14 +497,22 @@ object ItemRoutes {
   )(settings: OSimpleSearch.Settings, fixQuery: Query.Fix, itemQuery: ItemQueryString) = {
     import dsl._
 
+    def convertFts(res: OSimpleSearch.Items.FtsItems): ItemLightList =
+      if (res.indexOnly) Conversions.mkItemListFtsPlain(res.items)
+      else Conversions.mkItemListFts(res.items)
+
+    def convertFtsFull(res: OSimpleSearch.Items.FtsItemsFull): ItemLightList =
+      if (res.indexOnly) Conversions.mkItemListWithTagsFtsPlain(res.items)
+      else Conversions.mkItemListWithTagsFts(res.items)
+
     backend.simpleSearch
       .searchByString(settings)(fixQuery, itemQuery)
       .flatMap {
         case StringSearchResult.Success(items) =>
           Ok(
             items.fold(
-              Conversions.mkItemListFts,
-              Conversions.mkItemListWithTagsFts,
+              convertFts,
+              convertFtsFull,
               Conversions.mkItemList,
               Conversions.mkItemListWithTags
             )