diff --git a/internal/ui/sort.go b/internal/ui/sort.go
index 2c4cb6e..704ec70 100644
--- a/internal/ui/sort.go
+++ b/internal/ui/sort.go
@@ -37,35 +37,64 @@ func sortHostsByName(hosts []config.SSHHost) []config.SSHHost {
 
 // filterHosts filters hosts according to the search query (name or tags)
 func (m Model) filterHosts(query string) []config.SSHHost {
+	subqueries := strings.Split(query, " ")
+	subqueriesLength := len(subqueries)
+	subfilteredHosts := make([][]config.SSHHost, subqueriesLength)
+	for i, subquery := range subqueries {
+		subfilteredHosts[i] = m.filterHostsByWord(subquery)
+	}
+
+	// return the intersection of search results
+	result := make([]config.SSHHost, 0)
+	tempMap := map[string]int{}
+	for _, hosts := range subfilteredHosts {
+		for _, host := range hosts {
+			if _, ok := tempMap[host.Name]; !ok {
+				tempMap[host.Name] = 1
+			} else {
+				tempMap[host.Name] = tempMap[host.Name] + 1
+			}
+
+			if tempMap[host.Name] == subqueriesLength {
+				result = append(result, host)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
+// filterHostsByWord filters hosts according to a single word
+func (m Model) filterHostsByWord(word string) []config.SSHHost {
 	var filtered []config.SSHHost
 
-	if query == "" {
+	if word == "" {
 		filtered = m.hosts
 	} else {
-		query = strings.ToLower(query)
+		word = strings.ToLower(word)
 
 		for _, host := range m.hosts {
 			// Check the hostname
-			if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(host.Name), query) {
+			if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(host.Name), word) {
 				filtered = append(filtered, host)
 				continue
 			}
 
 			// Check the hostname
-			if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(host.Hostname), query) {
+			if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(host.Hostname), word) {
 				filtered = append(filtered, host)
 				continue
 			}
 
 			// Check the user
-			if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(host.User), query) {
+			if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(host.User), word) {
 				filtered = append(filtered, host)
 				continue
 			}
 
 			// Check the tags
 			for _, tag := range host.Tags {
-				if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(tag), query) {
+				if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(tag), word) {
 					filtered = append(filtered, host)
 					break
 				}