Searching system preferences using just a bracket (either ( or )) generates an error trace.[1] Other characters, such as {, !, ;, <, @, #, %, and so on, don't do the same. Ideally, you should just get search results or a 'No system preferences matched your search for: XXXX' message. [1] Error trace: Unmatched ( in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/^( <-- HERE $/ at /kohadevbox/koha/admin/preferences.pl line 201 in CGI::Compile::ROOT::kohadevbox_koha_admin_preferences_2epl::TransformPrefsToHTML at /kohadevbox/koha/admin/preferences.pl line 201 198: my $chunk = _get_chunk( $value, %$piece ); 199: 200: # No highlighting of inputs yet, but would be useful 201: $chunk->{'highlighted'} = 1 if ( $searchfield && $name =~ /^$searchfield$/i ); 202: 203: if ( $name eq 'Pseudonymization' && ! C4::Context->config('bcrypt_settings')) { 204: push @warnings, 'bcrypt_config_not_set'; Show function arguments