diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bced9f9c1..7d7c8335e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <artifactId>opensrp-server-web</artifactId>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
-    <version>3.2.11-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>3.2.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>opensrp-server-web</name>
     <description>OpenSRP Server Web Application</description>
     <url>https://github.com/OpenSRP/opensrp-server-web</url>
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <redis.lettuce.version>6.1.6.RELEASE</redis.lettuce.version>
         <opensrp.updatePolicy>always</opensrp.updatePolicy>
         <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.5.1</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
-        <opensrp.core.version>3.2.8-SNAPSHOT</opensrp.core.version>
+        <opensrp.core.version>3.2.10-SNAPSHOT</opensrp.core.version>
         <opensrp.connector.version>2.4.1-SNAPSHOT</opensrp.connector.version>
         <opensrp.interface.version>2.0.1-SNAPSHOT</opensrp.interface.version>
         <powermock.version>2.0.5</powermock.version>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensrp/web/utils/SearchHelper.java b/src/main/java/org/opensrp/web/utils/SearchHelper.java
index bf111db4f..a15eeb9f2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensrp/web/utils/SearchHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensrp/web/utils/SearchHelper.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ public static SearchEntityWrapper childSearchParamProcessor(HttpServletRequest r
 		String BIRTH_DATE = "birth_date";
 
 		//Attributes
+		String ACTIVE = "active";
 		String INACTIVE = "inactive";
 		String LOST_TO_FOLLOW_UP = "lost_to_follow_up";
 		String NFC_CARD_IDENTIFIER = "nfc_card_identifier";
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ public static SearchEntityWrapper childSearchParamProcessor(HttpServletRequest r
 		searchBean.setLastName(RestUtils.getStringFilter(LAST_NAME, request));
 		searchBean.setGender(RestUtils.getStringFilter(GENDER, request));
 
+		String active = RestUtils.getStringFilter(ACTIVE, request);
 		String inActive = RestUtils.getStringFilter(INACTIVE, request);
 		String lostToFollowUp = RestUtils.getStringFilter(LOST_TO_FOLLOW_UP, request);
 		String nfcCardIdentifier = RestUtils.getStringFilter(NFC_CARD_IDENTIFIER, request);
@@ -85,8 +87,12 @@ public static SearchEntityWrapper childSearchParamProcessor(HttpServletRequest r
 		}
 
 		Map<String, String> attributes = new HashMap<String, String>();
-		if (!StringUtils.isBlank(inActive) || !StringUtils.isBlank(lostToFollowUp)
-				|| !StringUtils.isBlank(nfcCardIdentifier)) {
+		if (!StringUtils.isBlank(active) || !StringUtils.isBlank(inActive)
+				|| !StringUtils.isBlank(lostToFollowUp) || !StringUtils.isBlank(nfcCardIdentifier)) {
+
+			if (!StringUtils.isBlank(active)) {
+				attributes.put(ACTIVE, active);
+			}
 
 			if (!StringUtils.isBlank(inActive)) {
 				attributes.put(INACTIVE, inActive);
@@ -101,6 +107,7 @@ public static SearchEntityWrapper childSearchParamProcessor(HttpServletRequest r
 			}
 		}
 
+
 		searchBean.setIdentifiers(identifiers);
 		searchBean.setAttributes(attributes);