diff --git a/Meshtastic/Helpers/MeshPackets.swift b/Meshtastic/Helpers/MeshPackets.swift
index a408af14..bbc57937 100644
--- a/Meshtastic/Helpers/MeshPackets.swift
+++ b/Meshtastic/Helpers/MeshPackets.swift
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ func nodeInfoPacket (nodeInfo: NodeInfo, channel: UInt32, context: NSManagedObje
 			} else {
 				let newUser = UserEntity(context: context)
 				newUser.num = Int64(nodeInfo.num)
+				newUser.numString = String(nodeInfo.num)
 				let userId = String(format:"%2X", nodeInfo.num)
 				newUser.userId = "!\(userId)"
 				let last4 = String(userId.suffix(4))
@@ -357,6 +358,7 @@ func nodeInfoPacket (nodeInfo: NodeInfo, channel: UInt32, context: NSManagedObje
 				}
 				fetchedNode[0].user!.userId = nodeInfo.user.id
 				fetchedNode[0].user!.num = Int64(nodeInfo.num)
+				fetchedNode[0].user!.numString = String(nodeInfo.num)
 				fetchedNode[0].user!.longName = nodeInfo.user.longName
 				fetchedNode[0].user!.shortName = nodeInfo.user.shortName
 				fetchedNode[0].user!.isLicensed = nodeInfo.user.isLicensed
diff --git a/Meshtastic/Meshtastic.xcdatamodeld/MeshtasticDataModelV32.xcdatamodel/contents b/Meshtastic/Meshtastic.xcdatamodeld/MeshtasticDataModelV32.xcdatamodel/contents
index 21860be1..5d065d55 100644
--- a/Meshtastic/Meshtastic.xcdatamodeld/MeshtasticDataModelV32.xcdatamodel/contents
+++ b/Meshtastic/Meshtastic.xcdatamodeld/MeshtasticDataModelV32.xcdatamodel/contents
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@
         <attribute name="longName" attributeType="String"/>
         <attribute name="mute" optional="YES" attributeType="Boolean" defaultValueString="NO" usesScalarValueType="YES"/>
         <attribute name="num" attributeType="Integer 64" defaultValueString="0" usesScalarValueType="YES"/>
+        <attribute name="numString" optional="YES" attributeType="String"/>
         <attribute name="role" attributeType="Integer 32" defaultValueString="0" usesScalarValueType="YES"/>
         <attribute name="shortName" attributeType="String"/>
         <attribute name="userId" attributeType="String"/>
diff --git a/Meshtastic/Views/Nodes/NodeList.swift b/Meshtastic/Views/Nodes/NodeList.swift
index 5e51314f..866d4f78 100644
--- a/Meshtastic/Views/Nodes/NodeList.swift
+++ b/Meshtastic/Views/Nodes/NodeList.swift
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ struct NodeList: View {
 	
 	private func searchNodeList() {
 		/// Case Insensitive Search Text Predicates
-		let searchPredicates = ["user.userId", "user.hwModel", "user.longName", "user.shortName"].map { property in
+		let searchPredicates = ["user.userId", "user.numString", "user.hwModel", "user.longName", "user.shortName"].map { property in
 			return NSPredicate(format: "%K CONTAINS[c] %@", property, searchText)
 		}
 		/// Create a compound predicate using each text search preicate as an OR