diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6d2c296..3124065 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [1.8.0]
+## [1.8.1] 2020-04-19
+* Fix searches not wrapping around to the top of the file (stef-levesque#68)
+
+## [1.8.0] 2020-04-18
 * Add support for 64-bit integers (thanks @jpihl)
 * Add `Copy as Golang` and `Copy as String Literal`
 * Fixed `toggleEndian` (stef-levesque#54)
@@ -106,6 +109,7 @@
 
 * Display a specified file in hexadecimal
 
+[1.8.1]: https://github.com/iliazeus/vscode-hexdump/compare/1b2f1ca797c2275e45f3b6c539e9325b191e48e0...7e5f5fef396c21cb80d5bc3b123272fb124d95f1
 [1.8.0]: https://github.com/iliazeus/vscode-hexdump/compare/8544cbd4728b01f91a6495507ba986afd0daf366...d3980d68090c78a05843316ea55e3e03178d12e2
 [1.7.2]: https://github.com/iliazeus/vscode-hexdump/compare/30b5275c501e5fcc46004ea31bbb0e5e2a25c38f...00bfca333a5e16602131de78d3590d09ff6421a5
 [1.7.1]: https://github.com/iliazeus/vscode-hexdump/compare/83ad82e8503774b61c5118b254fb4fd1b849144f...3306e974af00e954a0d5286c36d26b9f95ae250a
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index 38de13d..817fe6b 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -358,11 +358,16 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
 
             const array = await getContents(d.uri);
 
-            var index = Buffer.from(array).indexOf(value, offset, charEncoding);
+            let index = Buffer.from(array).indexOf(value, offset, charEncoding);
 
-            if (index == -1) {
-                vscode.window.setStatusBarMessage('string not found', 3000);
-                return;
+            if (index === -1) {
+                // wrap the search around from the top
+                index = Buffer.from(array).indexOf(value, 0, charEncoding);
+
+                if (index === -1) {
+                    vscode.window.setStatusBarMessage('string not found', 3000);
+                    return;
+                }
             }
 
             // Translate one to be in the middle of the byte
@@ -404,11 +409,16 @@ export function activate(context: vscode.ExtensionContext) {
                 searchBuf.writeUInt8(parseInt(byte, 16), i);
             }
 
-            const index = Buffer.from(getContents(d.uri)).indexOf(searchBuf, offset);
+            let index = Buffer.from(getContents(d.uri)).indexOf(searchBuf, offset);
 
-            if (index == -1) {
-                vscode.window.setStatusBarMessage('HEX string not found', 3000);
-                return;
+            if (index === -1) {
+                // wrap the search around from the top
+                index = Buffer.from(getContents(d.uri)).indexOf(searchBuf, 0);
+
+                if (index === -1) {
+                    vscode.window.setStatusBarMessage('HEX string not found', 3000);
+                    return;
+                }
             }
 
             // Translate one to be in the middle of the byte