diff --git a/app/logical/post_query_builder.rb b/app/logical/post_query_builder.rb
index f7f3e6124..19191ee4c 100644
--- a/app/logical/post_query_builder.rb
+++ b/app/logical/post_query_builder.rb
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class PostQueryBuilder
       relation = relation.where("posts.is_banned = TRUE")
     elsif q[:status] == "all" || q[:status] == "any"
       # do nothing
-    elsif q[:status_neg] == "pending"
+    elsif q[:status_neg] == "pending" || q[:status] == "active"
       relation = relation.where("posts.is_pending = FALSE")
     elsif q[:status_neg] == "flagged"
       relation = relation.where("posts.is_flagged = FALSE")