diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/darkswarm/filters/taxons.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/darkswarm/filters/taxons.js.coffee
index c060647ac5..e10228b648 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/darkswarm/filters/taxons.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/darkswarm/filters/taxons.js.coffee
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 Darkswarm.filter 'taxons', (Matcher)-> 
   # Filter anything that responds to object.taxons, and/or object.primary_taxon
-  (objects, text) ->
+  (objects, id) ->
     objects ||= []
-    text ?= ""
+    id ?= 0
     objects.filter (obj)->
-      Matcher.match([obj.primary_taxon?.name || ""], text) || obj.taxons.some (taxon)->
-        Matcher.match [taxon.name], text
-      
-
+      obj.primary_taxon?.id == id || obj.taxons.some (taxon)->
+        taxon.id == id
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/unit/darkswarm/filters/taxons_spec.js.coffee b/spec/javascripts/unit/darkswarm/filters/taxons_spec.js.coffee
index fee894353c..f8b387b9a7 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/unit/darkswarm/filters/taxons_spec.js.coffee
+++ b/spec/javascripts/unit/darkswarm/filters/taxons_spec.js.coffee
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ describe 'filtering by taxons', ->
       taxons: []
       primary_taxon: 
         name: "frogs"
+        id: 1
     }
     {
       taxons: [
-        {name: "kittens"}
-        {name: "puppies"}
+        {name: "kittens", id: 2}
+        {name: "puppies", id: 3}
       ]
     }
   ]
@@ -21,7 +22,9 @@ describe 'filtering by taxons', ->
       filterByTaxons = $filter('taxons')
 
   it "filters by primary taxon", ->
-    expect(filterByTaxons(objects, "frogs")[0]).toBe objects[0]
+    expect(filterByTaxons(objects, 1)[0]).toBe objects[0]
 
   it "filters by taxons", ->
-    expect(filterByTaxons(objects, "kittens")[0]).toBe objects[1]
+    expect(filterByTaxons(objects, 2)[0]).toBe objects[1]
+
+