diff --git a/src/renderer/commands/quickOpen.js b/src/renderer/commands/quickOpen.js
index 7c50b4eb..eb16e089 100644
--- a/src/renderer/commands/quickOpen.js
+++ b/src/renderer/commands/quickOpen.js
@@ -175,12 +175,12 @@ class QuickOpenCommand {
   _getInclusions = query => {
     // NOTE: This will fail on `foo.m` because we search for `foo.m.md`.
     if (MD_EXTENSION.test(query)) {
-      return [query]
+      return [`*${query}`]
     }
 
     const inclusions = ['*.markdown', '*.mdown', '*.mkdn', '*.md', '*.mkd', '*.mdwn', '*.mdtxt', '*.mdtext', '*.text', '*.txt']
     for (let i = 0; i < inclusions.length; ++i) {
-      inclusions[i] = `${query}` + inclusions[i]
+      inclusions[i] = `*${query}` + inclusions[i]
     }
     return inclusions
   }
diff --git a/src/renderer/components/commandPalette/index.vue b/src/renderer/components/commandPalette/index.vue
index 4b2f69e8..8df5eed6 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/commandPalette/index.vue
+++ b/src/renderer/components/commandPalette/index.vue
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ export default {
       }
     },
     handleInput (event) {
+      if (event.isComposing) {
+        return
+      }
       // NOTE: We're using keyup to catch "enter" key but `ctrlKey`
       // etc doesn't work here.
       switch (event.key) {