diff --git a/client/package.json b/client/package.json
index a53f832c..9b71111e 100644
--- a/client/package.json
+++ b/client/package.json
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     "html-to-text": "^4.0.0",
     "keycode": "^2.1.4",
     "localStorage": "^1.0.3",
-    "lodash": "^3.10.0",
+    "lodash": "^4.17.15",
     "messageformat": "^0.2.2",
     "qs": "^6.5.2",
     "quill-image-resize-module-react": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/client/src/app-components/ticket-viewer.js b/client/src/app-components/ticket-viewer.js
index 7bb38a61..bd173f81 100644
--- a/client/src/app-components/ticket-viewer.js
+++ b/client/src/app-components/ticket-viewer.js
@@ -671,14 +671,14 @@ class TicketViewer extends React.Component {
             {content: 'None', id: 0}
         ];
 
-        if(_.any(userDepartments, {id: ticketDepartmentId})) {
+        if(_.some(userDepartments, {id: ticketDepartmentId})) {
             staffAssignmentItems.push({content: i18n('ASSIGN_TO_ME'), id: userId});
         }
 
         staffAssignmentItems = staffAssignmentItems.concat(
             _.map(
                 _.filter(staffMembers, ({id, departments}) => {
-                    return (id != userId) && _.any(departments, {id: ticketDepartmentId});
+                    return (id != userId) && _.some(departments, {id: ticketDepartmentId});
                 }),
                 ({id, name}) => ({content: name, id})
             )
diff --git a/server/controllers/ticket/edit-title.php b/server/controllers/ticket/edit-title.php
index f407d28d..19ec61c4 100644
--- a/server/controllers/ticket/edit-title.php
+++ b/server/controllers/ticket/edit-title.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class EditTitleController extends Controller {
                 'permission' => 'user',
                 'requestData' => [
                     'title' => [
-                        'validation' => DataValidator::length(1, 200),
+                        'validation' => DataValidator::notBlank()->length(1, 200),
                         'error' => ERRORS::INVALID_TITLE
                     ],
                     'ticketNumber' => [
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class EditTitleController extends Controller {
                 'permission' => 'any',
                 'requestData' => [
                     'title' => [
-                        'validation' => DataValidator::length(1, 200),
+                        'validation' => DataValidator::notBlank()->length(1, 200),
                         'error' => ERRORS::INVALID_TITLE
                     ],
                     'ticketNumber' => [
diff --git a/server/controllers/ticket/search.php b/server/controllers/ticket/search.php
index 09d2a020..1f9c37f6 100644
--- a/server/controllers/ticket/search.php
+++ b/server/controllers/ticket/search.php
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ class SearchController extends Controller {
             'orderBy' => json_decode(Controller::request('orderBy'),true),
             'page' => Controller::request('page'),
             'allowedDepartments' => Controller::getLoggedUser()->sharedDepartmentList->toArray(),
+            'staffId' => Controller::getLoggedUser()->id
         ];
 
 
@@ -172,7 +173,9 @@ class SearchController extends Controller {
         if(array_key_exists('unreadStaff',$inputs)) $this->setSeenFilter($inputs['unreadStaff'], $filters);
         if(array_key_exists('priority',$inputs)) $this->setPriorityFilter($inputs['priority'], $filters);
         if(array_key_exists('dateRange',$inputs)) $this->setDateFilter($inputs['dateRange'], $filters);
-        if(array_key_exists('departments',$inputs)) $this->setDepartmentFilter($inputs['departments'],$inputs['allowedDepartments'], $filters);
+        if(array_key_exists('departments',$inputs) && array_key_exists('allowedDepartments',$inputs) && array_key_exists('staffId',$inputs)){
+            $this->setDepartmentFilter($inputs['departments'],$inputs['allowedDepartments'], $inputs['staffId'], $filters);
+        }
         if(array_key_exists('authors',$inputs)) $this->setAuthorFilter($inputs['authors'], $filters);
         if(array_key_exists('query',$inputs)) $this->setStringFilter($inputs['query'], $filters);
         if($filters != "") $filters =  " WHERE " . $filters;
@@ -207,7 +210,7 @@ class SearchController extends Controller {
         }
     }
     private function setPriorityFilter($priorities, &$filters){
-        if($priorities !== null){
+        if($priorities){
             $first = TRUE;
             if ($filters != "")  $filters .= " and ";
             foreach(array_unique($priorities) as $priority) {
@@ -244,8 +247,7 @@ class SearchController extends Controller {
         }
     }
 
-    private function setDepartmentFilter($departments,$allowedDepartments, &$filters){
-        $idStaff = Controller::getLoggedUser()->id ;
+    private function setDepartmentFilter($departments,$allowedDepartments, $idStaff, &$filters){
         if ($filters != "")  $filters .= " and ";
         
         $validDepartments = $this->generateValidDepartmentList($departments, $allowedDepartments);
@@ -265,7 +267,6 @@ class SearchController extends Controller {
             $filters .= "(";
         }
         $filters .= "ticket.author_staff_id = " . $idStaff . ")";
-
     }
 
     private function setAuthorFilter($authors, &$filters){
diff --git a/server/tests/controllers/ticket/searchTest.php b/server/tests/controllers/ticket/searchTest.php
index 6f74449a..35e7f574 100644
--- a/server/tests/controllers/ticket/searchTest.php
+++ b/server/tests/controllers/ticket/searchTest.php
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ class SearchControllerTest extends TestCase {
         $this->assertEquals(
             $this->searchController->getSQLQuery([
                 'departments' => null,
+                'staffId' => 1,
                 'allowedDepartments' => [
                     [
                         'id' => 2
@@ -185,12 +186,13 @@ class SearchControllerTest extends TestCase {
                     ]
                 ]
             ]),
-            'FROM (ticket LEFT JOIN tag_ticket ON tag_ticket.ticket_id = ticket.id LEFT JOIN ticketevent ON ticketevent.ticket_id = ticket.id) WHERE  ( ticket.department_id = 2 or ticket.department_id = 1 or ticket.department_id = 3) GROUP BY ticket.id'
+            'FROM (ticket LEFT JOIN tag_ticket ON tag_ticket.ticket_id = ticket.id LEFT JOIN ticketevent ON ticketevent.ticket_id = ticket.id) WHERE  ( ticket.department_id = 2 or ticket.department_id = 1 or ticket.department_id = 3 or ticket.author_staff_id = 1) GROUP BY ticket.id'
         );
 
         $this->assertEquals(
             $this->searchController->getSQLQuery([
                 'departments' => [1],
+                'staffId' => 1,
                 'allowedDepartments' => [
                     [
                         'id' => 2
@@ -203,12 +205,13 @@ class SearchControllerTest extends TestCase {
                     ]
                 ]
             ]),
-            'FROM (ticket LEFT JOIN tag_ticket ON tag_ticket.ticket_id = ticket.id LEFT JOIN ticketevent ON ticketevent.ticket_id = ticket.id) WHERE  ( ticket.department_id = 1) GROUP BY ticket.id'
+            'FROM (ticket LEFT JOIN tag_ticket ON tag_ticket.ticket_id = ticket.id LEFT JOIN ticketevent ON ticketevent.ticket_id = ticket.id) WHERE  ( ticket.department_id = 1 or ticket.author_staff_id = 1) GROUP BY ticket.id'
         );
 
         $this->assertEquals(
             $this->searchController->getSQLQuery([
                 'departments' => [1,2,3],
+                'staffId' => 1,
                 'allowedDepartments' => [
                     [
                         'id' => 2
@@ -221,7 +224,7 @@ class SearchControllerTest extends TestCase {
                     ]
                 ]
             ]),
-            'FROM (ticket LEFT JOIN tag_ticket ON tag_ticket.ticket_id = ticket.id LEFT JOIN ticketevent ON ticketevent.ticket_id = ticket.id) WHERE  ( ticket.department_id = 1 or ticket.department_id = 2 or ticket.department_id = 3) GROUP BY ticket.id'
+            'FROM (ticket LEFT JOIN tag_ticket ON tag_ticket.ticket_id = ticket.id LEFT JOIN ticketevent ON ticketevent.ticket_id = ticket.id) WHERE  ( ticket.department_id = 1 or ticket.department_id = 2 or ticket.department_id = 3 or ticket.author_staff_id = 1) GROUP BY ticket.id'
         );
     }