diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/Core.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/Core.groovy
index 650643dd..fa448837 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/Core.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/Core.groovy
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ public class Core {
     private final HasherService hasherService
     private final DownloadManager downloadManager
     private final DirectoryWatcher directoryWatcher
+    final FileManager fileManager
         
     public Core(MuWireSettings props, File home, String myVersion) {
         this.home = home		
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ public class Core {
 		
 		
 		log.info "initializing file manager"
-		FileManager fileManager = new FileManager(eventBus, props)
+		fileManager = new FileManager(eventBus, props)
 		eventBus.register(FileHashedEvent.class, fileManager)
 		eventBus.register(FileLoadedEvent.class, fileManager)
 		eventBus.register(FileDownloadedEvent.class, fileManager)
diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/SearchTabModel.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/SearchTabModel.groovy
index 85aeb9b0..54f0bbb4 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/SearchTabModel.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/SearchTabModel.groovy
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class SearchTabModel {
     
     void handleResult(UIResultEvent e) {
         if (uiSettings.excludeLocalResult &&
-            e.sender == core.me)
+            core.fileManager.rootToFiles.containsKey(e.infohash))
             return
         runInsideUIAsync {
             def bucket = hashBucket.get(e.infohash)
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ class SearchTabModel {
     void handleResultBatch(UIResultEvent[] batch) {
         runInsideUIAsync {
             batch.each { 
-                if (uiSettings.excludeLocalResult && it.sender == core.me)
+                if (uiSettings.excludeLocalResult && 
+                    core.fileManager.rootToFiles.containsKey(it.infohash))
                     return
                 def bucket = hashBucket.get(it.infohash)
                 if (bucket == null) {