diff --git a/app/controllers/forum_posts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/forum_posts_controller.rb
index e3970036a..c69c61a7b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/forum_posts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/forum_posts_controller.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class ForumPostsController < ApplicationController
   respond_to :html, :xml, :json, :js
-  before_filter :member_only, :except => [:index, :show]
+  before_filter :member_only, :except => [:index, :show, :search]
   before_filter :load_post, :only => [:edit, :show, :update, :destroy, :undelete]
   before_filter :check_min_level, :only => [:edit, :show, :update, :destroy, :undelete]
   skip_before_filter :api_check