diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1a7c52d014..821e62a6c5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 
 ### Fixes
+- [#3375](https://github.com/poanetwork/blockscout/pull/3375) - Prevent terminating of tokens/contracts process
 - [#3374](https://github.com/poanetwork/blockscout/pull/3374) - Fix find block timestamp query
 - [#3373](https://github.com/poanetwork/blockscout/pull/3373) - Fix horizontal scroll in Tokens table
 - [#3370](https://github.com/poanetwork/blockscout/pull/3370) - Improve contracts verification: refine constructor arguments extractor
diff --git a/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/chain.ex b/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/chain.ex
index d27c996d64..9e0f5aa441 100644
--- a/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/chain.ex
+++ b/apps/explorer/lib/explorer/chain.ex
@@ -1058,6 +1058,7 @@ defmodule Explorer.Chain do
   def search_token(word) do
     term =
       word
+      |> String.replace(~r/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/, " ")
       |> String.replace(~r/ +/, " & ")
 
     term_final = term <> ":*"
@@ -1086,6 +1087,7 @@ defmodule Explorer.Chain do
   def search_contract(word) do
     term =
       word
+      |> String.replace(~r/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/, " ")
       |> String.replace(~r/ +/, " & ")
 
     term_final = term <> ":*"