diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index 5ad0154d7a..08b2b84876 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -1235,4 +1235,23 @@ function item_post_type($item) {
 	return t('post');
 }
 
+// post categories and "save to file" use the same item.file table for storage.
+// We will differentiate the different uses by wrapping categories in angle brackets
+// and save to file categories in square brackets.
+// To do this we need to escape these characters if they appear in our tag. 
 
+function file_tag_encode($s) {
+	return str_replace(array('<','>','[',']'),array('%3c','%3e','%5b','%5d'),$s);
+}
+
+function file_tag_decode($s) {
+	return str_replace(array('%3c','%3e','%5b','%5d'),array('<','>','[',']'),$s);
+}
+
+function file_tag_file_query($table,$s,$type = 'file') {
+	if($type == 'file')
+		$str = preg_quote( '[' . file_tag_encode($s) . ']' );
+	else
+		$str = preg_quote( '<' . file_tag_encode($s) . '>' );
+	return " AND " . (($table) ? dbesc($table) . '.' : '') . "file regexp '" . dbesc($str) . "' ";
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mod/network.php b/mod/network.php
index b04a7b4890..861b5ab73d 100755
--- a/mod/network.php
+++ b/mod/network.php
@@ -52,13 +52,15 @@ function network_init(&$a) {
 function saved_searches($search) {
 
 	$srchurl = '/network?f=' 
-		. ((x($_GET,'cid')) ? '&cid=' . $_GET['cid'] : '') 
-		. ((x($_GET,'star')) ? '&star=' . $_GET['star'] : '')
+		. ((x($_GET,'cid'))   ? '&cid='   . $_GET['cid']   : '') 
+		. ((x($_GET,'star'))  ? '&star='  . $_GET['star']  : '')
 		. ((x($_GET,'bmark')) ? '&bmark=' . $_GET['bmark'] : '')
-		. ((x($_GET,'conv')) ? '&conv=' . $_GET['conv'] : '')
-		. ((x($_GET,'nets')) ? '&nets=' . $_GET['nets'] : '')
-		. ((x($_GET,'cmin')) ? '&cmin=' . $_GET['cmin'] : '')
-		. ((x($_GET,'cmax')) ? '&cmax=' . $_GET['cmax'] : '');
+		. ((x($_GET,'conv'))  ? '&conv='  . $_GET['conv']  : '')
+		. ((x($_GET,'nets'))  ? '&nets='  . $_GET['nets']  : '')
+		. ((x($_GET,'cmin'))  ? '&cmin='  . $_GET['cmin']  : '')
+		. ((x($_GET,'cmax'))  ? '&cmax='  . $_GET['cmax']  : '')
+		. ((x($_GET,'file'))  ? '&file='  . $_GET['file']  : '');
+	;
 	
 	$o = '';
 
@@ -226,6 +228,7 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 	$nets = ((x($_GET,'nets')) ? $_GET['nets'] : '');
 	$cmin = ((x($_GET,'cmin')) ? intval($_GET['cmin']) : 0);
 	$cmax = ((x($_GET,'cmax')) ? intval($_GET['cmax']) : 99);
+	$file = ((x($_GET,'file')) ? $_GET['file'] : '');
 
 	if(($a->argc > 2) && $a->argv[2] === 'new')
 		$nouveau = true;
@@ -239,7 +242,7 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if(x($_GET,'search'))
+	if(x($_GET,'search') || x($_GET,'file'))
 		$nouveau = true;
 	if($cid)
 		$def_acl = array('allow_cid' => '<' . intval($cid) . '>');
@@ -358,6 +361,7 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 			. ((x($_GET,'nets'))   ? '&nets='   . $_GET['nets']   : '') 
 			. ((x($_GET,'cmin'))   ? '&cmin='   . $_GET['cmin']   : '') 
 			. ((x($_GET,'cmax'))   ? '&cmax='   . $_GET['cmax']   : '') 
+			. ((x($_GET,'file'))   ? '&file='   . $_GET['file']   : '') 
 
 			. "'; var profile_page = " . $a->pager['page'] . "; </script>\r\n";
 	}
@@ -371,6 +375,9 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 			dbesc('\\]' . preg_quote($search) . '\\[')
 		);
 	}
+	if(strlen($file)) {
+		$sql_extra .= file_tag_file_query('item',$file);
+	}
 
 	if($conv) {
 		$myurl = $a->get_baseurl() . '/profile/'. $a->user['nickname'];