diff --git a/src/Lavalink4NET.Rest/LavalinkApiClient.cs b/src/Lavalink4NET.Rest/LavalinkApiClient.cs
index f008b697..19353a59 100644
--- a/src/Lavalink4NET.Rest/LavalinkApiClient.cs
+++ b/src/Lavalink4NET.Rest/LavalinkApiClient.cs
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ internal static string BuildIdentifier(string identifier, TrackLoadOptions loadO
                 : $"{loadOptions.SearchMode.Prefix}:{identifier}";
         }
 
-        var separatorIndex = identifier.AsSpan().IndexOf(':');
+        var separatorIndex = identifier.AsSpan().IndexOfAny(':', ' ', '\t');
 
-        if (separatorIndex is -1)
+        if (separatorIndex is -1 || identifier[separatorIndex] is not ':')
         {
             return loadOptions.SearchMode.Prefix is null
                 ? identifier
diff --git a/tests/Lavalink4NET.Rest.Tests/LavalinkApiClientTests.cs b/tests/Lavalink4NET.Rest.Tests/LavalinkApiClientTests.cs
index 46cfa0e3..4808aa44 100644
--- a/tests/Lavalink4NET.Rest.Tests/LavalinkApiClientTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Lavalink4NET.Rest.Tests/LavalinkApiClientTests.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ public class LavalinkApiClientTests
     [InlineData("ytsearch:abc", "ytsearch:abc", null, false)]
     [InlineData("scsearch:abc", "scsearch:abc", null, false)]
     [InlineData("othersearch:abc", "othersearch:abc", null, false)]
+    [InlineData("other search:abc", "othersearch:other search:abc", "othersearch", true)]
+    [InlineData("ABC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABC&t=248", "ytsearch:ABC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABC&t=248", "ytsearch", true)]
     public void TestBuildIdentifier(string identifier, string expected, string searchMode, bool strict)
     {
         // Arrange