diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index 51ca228f..f323b846 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ class UsersController < ApplicationController
 
   # Currently used to display users nick and ids for autocomplete
   def index
-    @users = User.natural_search(params[:q])
+    @users = User.undeleted.natural_search(params[:q])
     respond_to do |format|
       format.json { render :json => @users.map(&:token_attributes) }
     end