diff --git a/user.php b/user.php
index 616781051..58d13d3f5 100644
--- a/user.php
+++ b/user.php
@@ -47,10 +47,11 @@ if(e_AJAX_REQUEST)
 {
 	if(vartrue($_POST['q']))
 	{
-		$q = filter_var($_POST['q'], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
-		$l = vartrue($_POST['l']) ? intval($_POST['l']) : 10;
-
 		$db = e107::getDb();
+		$tp = e107::getParser();
+
+		$q = $tp->filter($_POST['q']);
+		$l = vartrue($_POST['l']) ? intval($_POST['l']) : 10;
 
 		if($db->select("user", "user_id,user_name", "user_name LIKE '". $q."%' ORDER BY user_name LIMIT " . $l))
 		{
@@ -65,8 +66,8 @@ if(e_AJAX_REQUEST)
 
 			if(count($data))
 			{
-				header('Content-type: application/json');
-				echo json_encode($data);
+				$ajax = e107::getAjax();
+				$ajax->response($data);
 			}
 		}
 	}