diff --git a/query/search.js b/query/search.js
index a13c156f..0e9a6b74 100644
--- a/query/search.js
+++ b/query/search.js
@@ -32,14 +32,6 @@ function generate( params ){
   // should query contitions
   query.query.filtered.query.bool.should = [];
 
-  // add shingles should query
-  // note: this is required for partial phrase matching
-  query.query.filtered.query.bool.should.push({
-    'match': {
-      'shingle.default': params.input
-    }
-  });
-
   if (params.input_admin) {
     var admin_fields = ['admin0', 'admin1', 'admin1_abbr', 'admin2', 'alpha3'];
 
@@ -52,6 +44,14 @@ function generate( params ){
     });
   }
 
+  // add phrase matching query
+  // note: this is required for shingle/phrase matching
+  query.query.filtered.query.bool.should.push({
+    'match': {
+      'phrase.default': params.input
+    }
+  });
+
   query.sort = query.sort.concat( sort( params ) );
 
   return query;
diff --git a/sanitiser/_details.js b/sanitiser/_details.js
index 2b568dd9..6dc2b119 100644
--- a/sanitiser/_details.js
+++ b/sanitiser/_details.js
@@ -18,13 +18,7 @@ function sanitize( req, default_value ){
   }
 
   if (params.details !== undefined) {
-    var details = params.details;
-    
-    if (typeof params.details === 'string') {
-      details = params.details === 'true';
-    }
-
-    clean.details = details === true || details === 1;  
+    clean.details = isTruthy(params.details);
   } else {
     clean.details = default_value;
   }
@@ -35,5 +29,13 @@ function sanitize( req, default_value ){
 
 }
 
+function isTruthy(val) {
+  if (typeof val === 'string') {
+    return ['true', '1', 'yes', 'y'].indexOf(val) !== -1;
+  }
+
+  return val === 1 || val === true;
+}
+
 // export function
 module.exports = sanitize;
diff --git a/service/search.js b/service/search.js
index d0882170..15b5cd14 100644
--- a/service/search.js
+++ b/service/search.js
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ function service( backend, cmd, cb ){
     // handle backend errors
     if( err ){ return cb( err ); }
 
+    // log total ms elasticsearch reported the query took to execute
+    peliasLogger.verbose( 'time elasticsearch reported:', data.took / 1000 );
+
     // map returned documents
     var docs = [];
     if( data && data.hits && data.hits.total && Array.isArray(data.hits.hits)){
diff --git a/test/unit/query/search.js b/test/unit/query/search.js
index 9a09d29e..a56bafa1 100644
--- a/test/unit/query/search.js
+++ b/test/unit/query/search.js
@@ -76,20 +76,16 @@ var expected = {
     'filtered': {
       'query': {
         'bool': {
-          'must': [
-            {
-              'match': {
-                'name.default': 'test'
-              }
+          'must': [{
+            'match': {
+              'name.default': 'test'
             }
-          ],
-          'should': [
-            {
-              'match': {
-                'shingle.default': 'test'
-              }
+          }],
+          'should': [{
+            'match': {
+              'phrase.default': 'test'
             }
-          ]
+          }]
         }
       },
       'filter': {
@@ -162,20 +158,16 @@ module.exports.tests.query = function(test, common) {
         'filtered': {
           'query': {
             'bool': {
-              'must': [
-                {
-                  'match': {
-                    'name.default': 'test'
-                  }
+              'must': [{
+                'match': {
+                  'name.default': 'test'
                 }
-              ],
-              'should': [
-                {
-                  'match': {
-                    'shingle.default': 'test'
-                  }
+              }],
+              'should': [{
+                'match': {
+                  'phrase.default': 'test'
                 }
-              ]
+              }]
             }
           },
           'filter': {
@@ -206,20 +198,16 @@ module.exports.tests.query = function(test, common) {
         'filtered': {
           'query': {
             'bool': {
-              'must': [
-                {
-                  'match': {
-                    'name.default': 'test'
-                  }
+              'must': [{
+                'match': {
+                  'name.default': 'test'
                 }
-              ],
-              'should': [
-                {
-                  'match': {
-                    'shingle.default': 'test'
-                  }
+              }],
+              'should': [{
+                'match': {
+                  'phrase.default': 'test'
                 }
-              ]
+              }]
             }
           },
           'filter': {
@@ -239,7 +227,7 @@ module.exports.tests.query = function(test, common) {
                 }
               ]
             }
-           }
+          }
         }
       },
       'sort': [
diff --git a/test/unit/sanitiser/reverse.js b/test/unit/sanitiser/reverse.js
index 6dbcda3a..bb1a6a98 100644
--- a/test/unit/sanitiser/reverse.js
+++ b/test/unit/sanitiser/reverse.js
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ module.exports.tests.sanitize_details = function(test, common) {
     });  
   });
 
-  var valid_values = [true, 'true', 1];
+  var valid_values = [true, 'true', 1, '1', 'yes', 'y'];
   valid_values.forEach(function(details) {
     test('valid details param ' + details, function(t) {
       sanitize({ input: 'test', lat: 0, lon: 0, details: details }, function( err, clean ){
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ module.exports.tests.sanitize_details = function(test, common) {
     });
   });
 
-  var valid_false_values = ['false', false, 0];
+  var valid_false_values = ['false', false, 0, '0', 'no', 'n'];
   valid_false_values.forEach(function(details) {
     test('test setting false explicitly ' + details, function(t) {
       sanitize({ input: 'test', lat: 0, lon: 0, details: details }, function( err, clean ){
diff --git a/test/unit/sanitiser/search.js b/test/unit/sanitiser/search.js
index 37763165..77377c94 100644
--- a/test/unit/sanitiser/search.js
+++ b/test/unit/sanitiser/search.js
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ module.exports.tests.sanitize_details = function(test, common) {
     });  
   });
 
-  var valid_values = ['true', true, 1];
+  var valid_values = ['true', true, 1, '1', 'yes', 'y'];
   valid_values.forEach(function(details) {
     test('valid details param ' + details, function(t) {
       sanitize({ input: 'test', lat: 0, lon: 0, details: details }, function( err, clean ){
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ module.exports.tests.sanitize_details = function(test, common) {
     });  
   });
 
-  var valid_false_values = ['false', false, 0];
+  var valid_false_values = ['false', false, 0, '0', 'no', 'n'];
   valid_false_values.forEach(function(details) {
     test('test setting false explicitly ' + details, function(t) {
       sanitize({ input: 'test', lat: 0, lon: 0, details: details }, function( err, clean ){