diff --git a/db.go b/db.go
index 349ab80..a218500 100644
--- a/db.go
+++ b/db.go
@@ -715,3 +715,78 @@ func scanDocumentRows(rows *sql.Rows) ([]Document, error) {
 	}
 	return docs, rows.Err()
 }
+
+// SearchDocumentsWithFullText is like SearchDocuments but includes the full_text
+// column. Used by the format=md endpoint where OCR content is needed.
+func SearchDocumentsWithFullText(query string, limit int) ([]Document, error) {
+	if limit <= 0 {
+		limit = 200
+	}
+
+	rows, err := db.Query(`
+		SELECT d.id, COALESCE(d.title,''), COALESCE(d.category,''), COALESCE(d.type,''),
+		       COALESCE(d.date,''), COALESCE(d.amount,''), COALESCE(d.vendor,''),
+		       COALESCE(d.summary,''), COALESCE(d.full_text,''), COALESCE(d.pdf_path,''),
+		       COALESCE(d.processed_at,''), COALESCE(d.original_file,''), COALESCE(d.status,'ready')
+		FROM documents d
+		JOIN documents_fts fts ON d.id = fts.id
+		WHERE documents_fts MATCH ?
+		ORDER BY rank
+		LIMIT ?
+	`, query, limit)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+
+	var docs []Document
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var doc Document
+		if err := rows.Scan(
+			&doc.ID, &doc.Title, &doc.Category, &doc.Type, &doc.Date,
+			&doc.Amount, &doc.Vendor, &doc.Summary, &doc.FullText, &doc.PDFPath,
+			&doc.ProcessedAt, &doc.OriginalFile, &doc.Status,
+		); err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		docs = append(docs, doc)
+	}
+	return docs, rows.Err()
+}
+
+// SearchDocumentsWithFullTextFallback is the LIKE-based fallback that also includes full_text.
+func SearchDocumentsWithFullTextFallback(query string, limit int) ([]Document, error) {
+	if limit <= 0 {
+		limit = 200
+	}
+	pattern := "%" + query + "%"
+
+	rows, err := db.Query(`
+		SELECT id, COALESCE(title,''), COALESCE(category,''), COALESCE(type,''),
+		       COALESCE(date,''), COALESCE(amount,''), COALESCE(vendor,''),
+		       COALESCE(summary,''), COALESCE(full_text,''), COALESCE(pdf_path,''),
+		       COALESCE(processed_at,''), COALESCE(original_file,''), COALESCE(status,'ready')
+		FROM documents
+		WHERE title LIKE ? OR summary LIKE ? OR vendor LIKE ? OR full_text LIKE ?
+		ORDER BY processed_at DESC
+		LIMIT ?
+	`, pattern, pattern, pattern, pattern, limit)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+
+	var docs []Document
+	for rows.Next() {
+		var doc Document
+		if err := rows.Scan(
+			&doc.ID, &doc.Title, &doc.Category, &doc.Type, &doc.Date,
+			&doc.Amount, &doc.Vendor, &doc.Summary, &doc.FullText, &doc.PDFPath,
+			&doc.ProcessedAt, &doc.OriginalFile, &doc.Status,
+		); err != nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		docs = append(docs, doc)
+	}
+	return docs, rows.Err()
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e399229..8c8a7d2 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -390,9 +390,9 @@ func apiSearchMDHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	docs, err := SearchDocuments(query, 200)
+	docs, err := SearchDocumentsWithFullText(query, 200)
 	if err != nil {
-		docs, _ = SearchDocumentsFallback(query, 200)
+		docs, _ = SearchDocumentsWithFullTextFallback(query, 200)
 	}
 
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/markdown; charset=utf-8")