diff --git a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/searches.js b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/searches.js
index bfbdd21b1..cb440b5e5 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/searches.js
+++ b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/searches.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export default {
       AND NOT (
         author.deleted = true OR author.disabled = true
         OR resource.deleted = true OR resource.disabled = true
-        OR (:User { id: $thisUserId })-[:MUTED]-(author)
+        OR (:User { id: $thisUserId })-[:MUTED]->(author)
       )
       WITH resource, author,
       [(resource)<-[:COMMENTS]-(comment:Comment) | comment] as comments,