diff --git a/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Core/System.php b/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Core/System.php
index 4f6af90ad..91ad8ab49 100644
--- a/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Core/System.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Core/System.php
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ class System
         'mobile_offline_tables_download_interval' => 24,
         'highlight_home_folder_enable' => 0,
         'highlight_home_folder_refresh_time' => 10,
-        'highlight_home_folder_scope' => 'unassigned' // For now only this list is supported
+        'highlight_home_folder_scope' => 'unassigned', // For now only this list is supported
+        'disable_advanced_search_case_title_fulltext' => 0
     ];
 
     /**
diff --git a/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Model/Delegation.php b/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Model/Delegation.php
index 4c5af796a..6450e110a 100644
--- a/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Model/Delegation.php
+++ b/workflow/engine/src/ProcessMaker/Model/Delegation.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ namespace ProcessMaker\Model;
 use G;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
+use ProcessMaker\Core\System;
 
 class Delegation extends Model
 {
@@ -229,14 +230,21 @@ class Delegation extends Model
         $query->join('APPLICATION', function ($join) use ($filterBy, $search, $status, $query) {
             $join->on('APP_DELEGATION.APP_NUMBER', '=', 'APPLICATION.APP_NUMBER');
             if ($filterBy == 'APP_TITLE' && $search) {
-                // Cleaning "fulltext" operators in order to avoid unexpected results
-                $search = str_replace(['-', '+', '<', '>', '(', ')', '~', '*', '"'], ['', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', ''], $search);
+                $config = System::getSystemConfiguration();
+                if ((int)$config['disable_advanced_search_case_title_fulltext'] === 0) {
+                    // Cleaning "fulltext" operators in order to avoid unexpected results
+                    $search = str_replace(['-', '+', '<', '>', '(', ')', '~', '*', '"'],
+                        ['', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', ''], $search);
 
-                // Build the "fulltext" expression
-                $search = '+"' . preg_replace('/\s+/', '" +"', addslashes($search)) . '"';
+                    // Build the "fulltext" expression
+                    $search = '+"' . preg_replace('/\s+/', '" +"', addslashes($search)) . '"';
 
-                // Searching using "fulltext" index
-                $join->whereRaw("MATCH(APPLICATION.APP_TITLE) AGAINST('{$search}' IN BOOLEAN MODE)");
+                    // Searching using "fulltext" index
+                    $join->whereRaw("MATCH(APPLICATION.APP_TITLE) AGAINST('{$search}' IN BOOLEAN MODE)");
+                } else {
+                    // Searching using "like" operator
+                    $join->where('APPLICATION.APP_TITLE', 'LIKE', "%${search}%");
+                }
             }
             // Based on the below, we can further limit the join so that we have a smaller data set based on join criteria
             switch ($status) {