diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/controllers/media_proxy_cache_controller.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/controllers/media_proxy_cache_controller.ex
index 76d3af4ef..131e22d78 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/controllers/media_proxy_cache_controller.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/admin_api/controllers/media_proxy_cache_controller.ex
@@ -38,17 +38,19 @@ def index(%{assigns: %{user: _}} = conn, params) do
 
   defp fetch_entries(params) do
     MediaProxy.cache_table()
-    |> Cachex.export!()
-    |> filter_urls(params[:query])
+    |> Cachex.stream!(Cachex.Query.create(true, :key))
+    |> filter_entries(params[:query])
   end
 
-  defp filter_urls(entries, query) when is_binary(query) do
-    for {_, url, _, _, _} <- entries, String.contains?(url, query), do: url
+  defp filter_entries(stream, query) when is_binary(query) do
+    regex = ~r/#{query}/i
+
+    stream
+    |> Enum.filter(fn url -> String.match?(url, regex) end)
+    |> Enum.to_list()
   end
 
-  defp filter_urls(entries, _) do
-    Enum.map(entries, fn {_, url, _, _, _} -> url end)
-  end
+  defp filter_entries(stream, _), do: Enum.to_list(stream)
 
   defp paginate_entries(entries, page, page_size) do
     offset = page_size * (page - 1)
diff --git a/test/web/admin_api/controllers/media_proxy_cache_controller_test.exs b/test/web/admin_api/controllers/media_proxy_cache_controller_test.exs
index 3cf98d7c7..f243d1fb2 100644
--- a/test/web/admin_api/controllers/media_proxy_cache_controller_test.exs
+++ b/test/web/admin_api/controllers/media_proxy_cache_controller_test.exs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ test "search banned MediaProxy URLs", %{conn: conn} do
 
       response =
         conn
-        |> get("/api/pleroma/admin/media_proxy_caches?page_size=2&query=f44")
+        |> get("/api/pleroma/admin/media_proxy_caches?page_size=2&query=F44")
         |> json_response_and_validate_schema(200)
 
       assert response["urls"] == [