diff --git a/app/Models/Asset.php b/app/Models/Asset.php
index 87c8e147a..cbb623b67 100644
--- a/app/Models/Asset.php
+++ b/app/Models/Asset.php
@@ -815,6 +815,7 @@ class Asset extends Depreciable
     {
         return $query->where(function ($query) use ($filter) {
             foreach ($filter as $key => $search_val) {
+                
                 if ($key =='asset_tag') {
                     $query->where('assets.asset_tag', 'LIKE', '%'.$search_val.'%');
                 }
@@ -914,11 +915,13 @@ class Asset extends Depreciable
             }
 
             foreach (CustomField::all() as $field) {
-                if (array_key_exists($field->db_column_name(), $filter)) {
-                    $query->orWhere($field->db_column_name(), 'LIKE', "%$search_val%");
-                }
+                if (array_key_exists('custom_fields.'.$field->db_column_name(), $filter)) {
+                    $query->orWhere($field->db_column_name(), 'LIKE', '%' . $search_val . '%');
+                } 
             }
+
         });
+
     }
 
 
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 8bc20705a..0202235c3 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 # ensure running as root
 if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
-  exec sudo "$0" "$@"
+    #Debian doesnt have sudo if root has a password.
+    if ! hash sudo 2>/dev/null; then
+        exec su -c "$0" "$@"
+    else
+        exec sudo "$0" "$@"
+    fi
 fi
+
 wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/snipe/snipe-it/master/snipeit.sh
 chmod 744 snipeit.sh
 sudo ./snipeit.sh 2>&1 | sudo tee -a /var/log/snipeit-install.log
diff --git a/resources/views/partials/bootstrap-table.blade.php b/resources/views/partials/bootstrap-table.blade.php
index ce1889f6b..ef2e4c961 100644
--- a/resources/views/partials/bootstrap-table.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/partials/bootstrap-table.blade.php
@@ -311,6 +311,11 @@ $('.snipe-table').bootstrapTable({
     // for custom fields in a more useful way.
     function customFieldsFormatter(value, row) {
 
+
+            if ((!this) || (!this.title)) {
+                return '';
+            }
+
             var field_column = this.title;
 
             // Pull out any HTMl that might be passed via the presenter