diff --git a/src/utils/emoji-index.js b/src/utils/emoji-index.js
index d50c288..aac3a79 100644
--- a/src/utils/emoji-index.js
+++ b/src/utils/emoji-index.js
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ function search(value, { emojisToShowFilter, maxResults, include, exclude } = {}
       pool = data.emojis
 
   if (value.length) {
+    if (value == '-' || value == '-1') {
+      return [emojisList['-1']]
+    }
+
     var values = value.toLowerCase().split(/[\s|,|\-|_]+/),
         allResults = []
 
@@ -54,10 +58,6 @@ function search(value, { emojisToShowFilter, maxResults, include, exclude } = {}
           aIndex = index,
           length = 0
 
-      if (value == '-' || value == '-1') {
-        return [emojisList['-1']]
-      }
-
       for (let char of value.split('')) {
         length++