diff --git a/auditlog/admin.py b/auditlog/admin.py
index d5ad9cd..40b25bf 100644
--- a/auditlog/admin.py
+++ b/auditlog/admin.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from functools import cached_property
 
+import re
 from django.apps import apps
 from django.contrib import admin
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
@@ -11,6 +12,10 @@ from auditlog.filters import CIDFilter, ResourceTypeFilter
 from auditlog.mixins import LogEntryAdminMixin
 from auditlog.models import LogEntry
 
+STRUCTURED_SEARCH_PATTERN = re.compile(
+    r"^(?P<model_name>[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*):(?P<id>[1-9][0-9]*)$"
+)
+
 
 @admin.register(LogEntry)
 class LogEntryAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin, LogEntryAdminMixin):
@@ -61,54 +66,63 @@ class LogEntryAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin, LogEntryAdminMixin):
         self.request = request
         queryset = super().get_queryset(request=request)
 
-        # Check for the `ss` parameter for structured search
-        structured_search = request.GET.get("ss")
-        if structured_search:
-            # Parse structured search term as 'ModelName:id'
-            try:
-                model_name, object_id = structured_search.split(":")
-                object_id = int(object_id)
-            except (ValueError, TypeError):
-                # If the format is incorrect, return an empty queryset and show a message
-                if not getattr(request, "_message_shown", False):
-                    self.message_user(
-                        request,
-                        "Structured search format must be 'ModelName:id'.",
-                        level="warning",
-                    )
-                    request._message_shown = True
-                return queryset.none()
+        # Custom tampering with Django Admin search.
+        # We support a structured search here to allow
+        # searching for log entries related to a specific object.
+        search = request.GET.get("q")
+        if search:
+            match = STRUCTURED_SEARCH_PATTERN.match(search)
+            if match:
+                try:
+                    model_name = match.group("model_name")
+                    object_id = int(match.group("id"))
+                except (ValueError, TypeError):
+                    # If the format is incorrect, return an empty queryset and show a message
+                    if not getattr(request, "_message_shown", False):
+                        self.message_user(
+                            request,
+                            "Structured search format must be 'ModelName:id'.",
+                            level="warning",
+                        )
+                        request._message_shown = True
+                    return queryset.none()
 
-            # Attempt to retrieve the specified model
-            try:
-                model = apps.get_model(app_label="api", model_name=model_name)
-                if not model:
-                    raise LookupError
-            except LookupError:
-                if not getattr(request, "_message_shown", False):
-                    self.message_user(
-                        request,
-                        f"Model '{model_name}' does not exist.",
-                        level="warning",
+                # Attempt to retrieve the specified model
+                try:
+                    model = apps.get_model(
+                        app_label="api", model_name=model_name
                     )
-                    request._message_shown = True
-                return queryset.none()
+                    if not model:
+                        raise LookupError
+                except LookupError:
+                    if not getattr(request, "_message_shown", False):
+                        self.message_user(
+                            request,
+                            f"Model '{model_name}' does not exist.",
+                            level="warning",
+                        )
+                        request._message_shown = True
+                    return queryset.none()
 
-            # Attempt to retrieve the object and filter log entries
-            try:
-                model.objects.only("id").get(pk=object_id)  # Lookup.
-                content_type = ContentType.objects.get_for_model(model)
-                queryset = queryset.filter(
-                    content_type=content_type, object_id=object_id
-                )
-            except ObjectDoesNotExist:
-                if not getattr(request, "_message_shown", False):
-                    self.message_user(
-                        request,
-                        f"{model_name} instance with ID {object_id} does not exist.",
-                        level="warning",
+                # Attempt to retrieve the object and filter log entries
+                try:
+                    model.objects.only("id").get(pk=object_id)  # Lookup.
+                    content_type = ContentType.objects.get_for_model(model)
+                    queryset = queryset.filter(
+                        content_type=content_type, object_id=object_id
                     )
-                    request._message_shown = True
-                return queryset.none()
+                    # We need to remove `q` from the request to prevent Django
+                    # from trying to search again with structured search query.
+                    request.GET = request.GET.copy()
+                    request.GET.pop("q", None)
+                except ObjectDoesNotExist:
+                    if not getattr(request, "_message_shown", False):
+                        self.message_user(
+                            request,
+                            f"{model_name} instance with ID {object_id} does not exist.",
+                            level="warning",
+                        )
+                        request._message_shown = True
+                    return queryset.none()
 
         return queryset  # Return filtered or default queryset based on the presence of `ss`