diff --git a/libmproxy/console/flowview.py b/libmproxy/console/flowview.py
index 25871b8d9..9cdd2923b 100644
--- a/libmproxy/console/flowview.py
+++ b/libmproxy/console/flowview.py
@@ -356,13 +356,22 @@ class FlowView(common.WWrap):
 
         return (start_line, start_index)
 
+    def search_get_range(self, len_text_objects, start_line, backwards):
+        if not backwards:
+            loop_range = range(start_line, len_text_objects)
+        else:
+            loop_range = range(start_line, 0, -1)
+
+        return loop_range
+
     def search_highlight_text(self, text_objects, search_string, looping = False, backwards = False):
         start_line, start_index = self.search_get_start(search_string)
         i = start_line
 
         found = False
         text_objects = copy.deepcopy(text_objects)
-        for text_object in text_objects[start_line:]:
+        for i in self.search_get_range(len(text_objects), start_line, backwards):
+            text_object = text_objects[i]
             if i != start_line:
                 start_index = None
 
@@ -391,8 +400,6 @@ class FlowView(common.WWrap):
                 found = True
                 break
 
-            i += 1
-
         # handle search WRAP
         if found:
             focus_pos = i
diff --git a/test/test_console_search.py b/test/test_console_search.py
index 7374f3998..69c033b94 100644
--- a/test/test_console_search.py
+++ b/test/test_console_search.py
@@ -119,3 +119,18 @@ def test_search_backwards():
     text_object = tutils.get_body_line(f.last_displayed_body, 0)
     assert text_object.get_text() == first_match
 
+def test_search_back_multiline():
+    f = tutils.tflowview(request_contents="this is string\nstring is string")
+
+    f.search("string")
+    text_object = tutils.get_body_line(f.last_displayed_body, 0)
+    first_match = ('this is string', [(None, 8), (f.highlight_color, 6)])
+    assert text_object.get_text() == first_match
+
+    f.search_again()
+    text_object = tutils.get_body_line(f.last_displayed_body, 1)
+    assert text_object.get_text() == ('string is string', [(None, 0), (f.highlight_color, 6)])
+
+    f.search_again(backwards=True)
+    text_object = tutils.get_body_line(f.last_displayed_body, 0)
+    assert text_object.get_text() == first_match