diff --git a/lib/admin/Controller/subscriber.pm b/lib/admin/Controller/subscriber.pm
index 1a8926a..7ae3efa 100644
--- a/lib/admin/Controller/subscriber.pm
+++ b/lib/admin/Controller/subscriber.pm
@@ -38,14 +38,67 @@ sub search : Local {
     $c->stash->{template} = 'tt/subscriber.tt';
 
     my $limit = 10;
+    my %filter;
+    my %exact;
+
+    if($c->request->params->{use_session}) {
+        %filter = %{ $c->session->{search_filter} };
+        %exact = %{ $c->session->{exact_filter} };
+    } else {
+        if(defined $c->request->params->{search_user} and length $c->request->params->{search_user}) {
+            $filter{username} = $c->request->params->{search_user};
+            unless($c->request->params->{exact_user}) {
+                $filter{username} =~ s/^\%*/\%/;
+                $filter{username} =~ s/\%*$/\%/;
+            } else {
+                $exact{username} = 1;
+            }
+        }
+        if(defined $c->request->params->{search_e164} and length $c->request->params->{search_e164}) {
+            $filter{number} = $c->request->params->{search_e164};
+            unless($c->request->params->{exact_e164}) {
+                $filter{number} =~ s/^\%*/\%/;
+                $filter{number} =~ s/\%*$/\%/;
+            } else {
+                $exact{number} = 1;
+            }
+        }
+        if(defined $c->request->params->{search_uuid} and length $c->request->params->{search_uuid}) {
+            $filter{uuid} = $c->request->params->{search_uuid};
+            unless($c->request->params->{exact_uuid}) {
+                $filter{uuid} =~ s/^\%*/\%/;
+                $filter{uuid} =~ s/\%*$/\%/;
+            } else {
+                $exact{uuid} = 1;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    $c->session->{search_filter} = \%filter;
+    $c->session->{exact_filter} = \%exact;
+
+    $c->stash->{exact_user} = $exact{username};
+    $c->stash->{exact_e164} = $exact{number};
+    $c->stash->{exact_uuid} = $exact{uuid};
+
+    $c->stash->{search_user} = $filter{username};
+    $c->stash->{search_e164} = $filter{number};
+    $c->stash->{search_uuid} = $filter{uuid};
+    $c->stash->{search_user} =~ s/^\%*(.*?)\%*$/$1/ if defined $c->stash->{search_user};
+    $c->stash->{search_e164} =~ s/^\%*(.*?)\%*$/$1/ if defined $c->stash->{search_e164};
+    $c->stash->{search_uuid} =~ s/^\%*(.*?)\%*$/$1/ if defined $c->stash->{search_uuid};
+
+    unless(keys %filter) {
+        $c->session->{messages}{toperr} = 'Web.MissingSearchString';
+        return;
+    }
 
-    my $searchstring = $c->request->params->{search_string};
     my $offset = $c->request->params->{offset} || 0;
     $offset = 0 if $offset !~ /^\d+$/;
 
     my $subscriber_list;
     return unless $c->model('Provisioning')->call_prov( $c, 'billing', 'search_subscribers',
-                                                        { filter => { username => '%'.$searchstring.'%',
+                                                        { filter => { %filter,
                                                                       limit    => $limit,
                                                                       offset   => $limit * $offset,
                                                                     },
@@ -53,7 +106,6 @@ sub search : Local {
                                                         \$subscriber_list
                                                       );
 
-    $c->stash->{search_string} = $searchstring;
     $c->stash->{searched} = 1;
     if(ref $$subscriber_list{subscribers} eq 'ARRAY' and @{$$subscriber_list{subscribers}}) {
         $c->stash->{subscriber_list} = $$subscriber_list{subscribers};
diff --git a/root/css/admin.css b/root/css/admin.css
index d918754..fa99df0 100644
--- a/root/css/admin.css
+++ b/root/css/admin.css
@@ -258,3 +258,32 @@ h3 {
 #contentplace .pagination li.nextpage a:after {
 	content: "";
 }
+
+/* colorful table rows */
+#contentplace .tr_alt {
+	background-color: #ccffcc;
+}
+
+#contentplace .orders,
+#contentplace .contracts,
+#contentplace .order_payments
+{
+	width: 100%;
+	border-spacing: 0px;
+}
+
+#contentplace .table_name {
+	font-weight: bold;
+	white-space: nowrap;
+	text-align: center;
+}
+
+/* align search labels and text fields */
+#contentplace .search_subscriber .search_label {
+	float: left;
+	min-width: 100px;
+	margin-top: 3px;
+}
+#contentplace .search_subscriber input {
+	margin: 3px 0;
+}
diff --git a/root/tt/subscriber.tt b/root/tt/subscriber.tt
index ff3d1a7..4db9f37 100644
--- a/root/tt/subscriber.tt
+++ b/root/tt/subscriber.tt
@@ -1,7 +1,22 @@
-        <h3>Search Subscribers</h3>
+        <h3>Search subscribers</h3>
         <div class="p1">
-          <form action="/subscriber/search" method="post">
-            <input type="text" id="search_subscriber" name="search_string" value="[% search_string %]" />
+          <form action="/subscriber/search" method="post" class="search_subscriber">
+
+            <label class="search_label" for="search_by_username">Username:</label>
+            <input type="text" id="search_by_username" name="search_user" value="[% search_user %]" />
+            <input type="checkbox" id="exact_user" name="exact_user" [% IF exact_user %]checked="checked"[% END %] />
+            <label for="exact_user">exact match</label><br />
+
+            <label class="search_label" for="search_by_e164">E.164 number:</label>
+            <input type="text" id="search_by_e164" name="search_e164" value="[% search_e164 %]" />
+            <input type="checkbox" id="exact_e164" name="exact_e164" [% IF exact_e164 %]checked="checked"[% END %] />
+            <label for="exact_e164">exact match</label><br />
+
+            <label class="search_label" for="search_by_uuid">UUID:</label>
+            <input type="text" id="search_by_uuid" name="search_uuid" value="[% search_uuid %]" />
+            <input type="checkbox" id="exact_uuid" name="exact_uuid" [% IF exact_uuid %]checked="checked"[% END %]/>
+            <label for="exact_uuid">exact match</label><br />
+
             <input type="submit" value="Search &#187;" class="but" />
           </form>
         </div>
@@ -41,7 +56,7 @@
                   <li class="disablepage">&#171; prev</li>
                 [% ELSE %]
                   <li class="nextpage">
-                    <a href="/subscriber/search?search_string=[% search_string %]&amp;offset=[% offset - 1 %]">&#171; prev</a>
+                    <a href="/subscriber/search?use_session=1&amp;offset=[% offset - 1 %]">&#171; prev</a>
                   </li>
                 [% END %]
                 [% FOREACH pagine = pagination %]
@@ -53,8 +68,7 @@
                      ...
                   [% ELSE %]
                     <li>
-                      <a href="/subscriber/search?search_string=[% search_string
-                               %]&amp;offset=[% pagine.offset %]">[% pagine.offset + 1 %]</a>
+                      <a href="/subscriber/search?use_session=1&amp;offset=[% pagine.offset %]">[% pagine.offset + 1 %]</a>
                     </li>
                   [% END %]
                 [% END %]
@@ -64,7 +78,7 @@
                   </li>
                 [% ELSE %]
                   <li class="nextpage">
-                    <a href="/subscriber/search?search_string=[% search_string %]&amp;offset=[% offset + 1 %]">next &#187;</a>
+                    <a href="/subscriber/search?use_session=1&amp;offset=[% offset + 1 %]">next &#187;</a>
                   </li>
                 [% END %]
               </ul>