diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 7b724ab5..152acc9f 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: deposits
 Title: A universal client for depositing and accessing research data
     anywhere
-Version: 0.2.1.043
+Version: 0.2.1.044
 Authors@R: 
     person("Mark", "Padgham", , "mark.padgham@email.com", role = c("aut", "cre"),
            comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-2172-5265"))
diff --git a/R/search-params.R b/R/search-params.R
index 6c1d3862..b62f36d1 100644
--- a/R/search-params.R
+++ b/R/search-params.R
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ process_search_params <- function (service,
         check_param_values_figshare (arglist)
 
         if (!is.null (search_string)) {
+            if ("search_for" %in% names (arglist)) {
+                stop (
+                    "Please specify only one of 'search_for' or 'search_string'.",
+                    call. = FALSE
+                )
+            }
             arglist <- c (arglist, search_for = search_string)
         }
         arglist <- c (
@@ -92,6 +98,7 @@ search_params_figshare <- function () {
         c ("item_type", "integer"),
         c ("doi", "string"),
         c ("handle", "string"),
+        c ("search_for", "string"),
         c ("project_id", "integer"),
         c ("order", "string"),
         c ("order_direction", "string"),
diff --git a/codemeta.json b/codemeta.json
index 959b39e0..bf91eb3a 100644
--- a/codemeta.json
+++ b/codemeta.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "codeRepository": "https://github.com/ropenscilabs/deposits",
   "issueTracker": "https://github.com/ropenscilabs/deposits/issues",
   "license": "https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT",
-  "version": "0.2.1.043",
+  "version": "0.2.1.044",
   "programmingLanguage": {
     "@type": "ComputerLanguage",
     "name": "R",