diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 69671e5..a441de0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
     "react-window-dynamic-list": "^2.3.5",
     "sharp": "^0.28.1",
     "socket.io-client": "^4.1.2",
-    "threetwo-ui-typings": "^1.0.1"
+    "threetwo-ui-typings": "^1.0.1",
+    "xregexp": "^5.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/cli": "^7.13.10",
diff --git a/src/client/actions/fileops.actions.tsx b/src/client/actions/fileops.actions.tsx
index 3415a5d..2b17fc4 100644
--- a/src/client/actions/fileops.actions.tsx
+++ b/src/client/actions/fileops.actions.tsx
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ export const fetchComicVineMatches = (searchPayload) => (dispatch) => {
           format: "json",
           sort: "name%3Aasc",
           query: issueSearchQuery.searchParams.searchTerms.name,
-          fieldList: "",
+          fieldList: "id",
           limit: "10",
-          offset: "5",
+          offset: "0",
           resources: "issue",
         },
         transformResponse: [
diff --git a/src/client/shared/utils/nlp.utils.ts b/src/client/shared/utils/nlp.utils.ts
index fcb6d2d..f620815 100644
--- a/src/client/shared/utils/nlp.utils.ts
+++ b/src/client/shared/utils/nlp.utils.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,47 @@ import { default as nlp } from "compromise";
 import { default as dates } from "compromise-dates";
 import { default as sentences } from "compromise-sentences";
 import { default as numbers } from "compromise-numbers";
-import _ from "lodash";
+import xregexp from "xregexp";
+import { map, xor, isEmpty } from "lodash";
 
 nlp.extend(sentences);
 nlp.extend(numbers);
 nlp.extend(dates);
 
-export const preprocess = (inputString) => {
+interface M {
+  start: number;
+  end: number;
+  value: string;
+}
+
+function replaceRecursive(
+  text: string,
+  left: string,
+  right: string,
+  replacer: (match: string) => string,
+): string {
+  const r: M[] = xregexp.matchRecursive(text, left, right, "g", {
+    valueNames: [null, null, "match", null],
+  });
+  let offset = 0;
+  for (const m of r) {
+    const replacement = replacer(m.value);
+    text = replaceAt(text, m.start + offset, m.value.length, replacement);
+    offset += replacement.length - m.value.length;
+  }
+  return text;
+}
+
+function replaceAt(
+  string: string,
+  index: number,
+  length: number,
+  replacement: string,
+): string {
+  return string.substr(0, index) + replacement + string.substr(index + length);
+}
+
+export const preprocess = (inputString: string) => {
   // see if the comic matches the following format, and if so, remove everything
   // after the first number:
   // "nnn series name #xx (etc) (etc)" -> "series name #xx (etc) (etc)"
@@ -24,12 +58,17 @@ export const preprocess = (inputString) => {
   );
 };
 
+const recursivelyMatch = (regex, inputString) => {
+  const toReplace = xregexp.replace(inputString, regex, "");
+  return toReplace;
+};
+
 /**
  * Tokenizes a search string
  * @function
  * @param {string} inputString - The string used to search against CV, Shortboxed, and other APIs.
  */
-export const tokenize = (inputString) => {
+export const tokenize = (inputString: string) => {
   const doc = nlp(inputString);
   const sentence = doc.sentences().json();
   const number = doc.numbers().fractions();
@@ -49,6 +88,11 @@ export const tokenize = (inputString) => {
   );
 
   const parantheses = inputString.match(/\([^\(]*?\)/gi);
+  const foo = recursivelyMatch(
+    new RegExp(/\([^\(]*?\)/, "gi"),
+    "jagan milun sampatkar ((asdasd)(ASDASD)(sadasd))",
+  );
+  console.log(foo);
   const curlyBraces = inputString.match(/\{[^\{]*?\}/gi);
   const squareBrackets = inputString.match(/\[[^\[]*?\]/gi);
   const genericNumericRange = inputString.match(
@@ -61,7 +105,7 @@ export const tokenize = (inputString) => {
 
   let issueNumbers = "";
   const issues = inputString.match(/(^|[_\s#])(-?\d*\.?\d\w*)/gi);
-  if (!_.isEmpty(issues)) {
+  if (!isEmpty(issues)) {
     issueNumbers = issues[0].trim();
   }
   // const issueHashes = inputString.match(/\#\d/gi);
@@ -99,7 +143,7 @@ export const tokenize = (inputString) => {
 
 export const refineQuery = (inputString) => {
   const queryObj = tokenize(inputString);
-  const removedYears = _.xor(
+  const removedYears = xor(
     queryObj.sentence_tokens.normalized,
     queryObj.years.yearMatches,
   );
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 62d0554..73499b2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1010,6 +1010,14 @@
     core-js-pure "^3.14.0"
     regenerator-runtime "^0.13.4"
 
+"@babel/runtime-corejs3@^7.12.1":
+  version "7.14.7"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/runtime-corejs3/-/runtime-corejs3-7.14.7.tgz#0ef292bbce40ca00f874c9724ef175a12476465c"
+  integrity sha512-Wvzcw4mBYbTagyBVZpAJWI06auSIj033T/yNE0Zn1xcup83MieCddZA7ls3kme17L4NOGBrQ09Q+nKB41RLWBA==
+  dependencies:
+    core-js-pure "^3.15.0"
+    regenerator-runtime "^0.13.4"
+
 "@babel/runtime@^7.0.0", "@babel/runtime@^7.1.2", "@babel/runtime@^7.10.2", "@babel/runtime@^7.11.2", "@babel/runtime@^7.12.1", "@babel/runtime@^7.13.17", "@babel/runtime@^7.8.4", "@babel/runtime@^7.9.2":
   version "7.14.5"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@babel/runtime/-/runtime-7.14.5.tgz"
@@ -4197,6 +4205,11 @@ core-js-pure@^3.14.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/core-js-pure/-/core-js-pure-3.14.0.tgz"
   integrity sha512-YVh+LN2FgNU0odThzm61BsdkwrbrchumFq3oztnE9vTKC4KS2fvnPmcx8t6jnqAyOTCTF4ZSiuK8Qhh7SNcL4g==
 
+core-js-pure@^3.15.0:
+  version "3.15.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/core-js-pure/-/core-js-pure-3.15.2.tgz#c8e0874822705f3385d3197af9348f7c9ae2e3ce"
+  integrity sha512-D42L7RYh1J2grW8ttxoY1+17Y4wXZeKe7uyplAI3FkNQyI5OgBIAjUfFiTPfL1rs0qLpxaabITNbjKl1Sp82tA==
+
 core-js@^2.4.0, core-js@^2.5.0, core-js@^2.6.5:
   version "2.6.12"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/core-js/-/core-js-2.6.12.tgz"
@@ -14033,6 +14046,13 @@ xmlcreate@^2.0.3:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/xmlcreate/-/xmlcreate-2.0.3.tgz"
   integrity sha512-HgS+X6zAztGa9zIK3Y3LXuJes33Lz9x+YyTxgrkIdabu2vqcGOWwdfCpf1hWLRrd553wd4QCDf6BBO6FfdsRiQ==
 
+xregexp@^5.0.2:
+  version "5.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/xregexp/-/xregexp-5.0.2.tgz#798aa7757836f39cdbdeeba3daf94d75f7a9dcc1"
+  integrity sha512-JPNfN40YMNSDxZrahMrmtNH1QqPJp0/qNeEJM2nnOlhcBdfCCjekPYFV2OnwKxwvpEYglH1RBotbpRRaEuCG8Q==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime-corejs3" "^7.12.1"
+
 xtend@^4.0.0, xtend@~4.0.1:
   version "4.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/xtend/-/xtend-4.0.2.tgz"