diff --git a/backend/src/api/explorer/nodes.api.ts b/backend/src/api/explorer/nodes.api.ts
index 379df4213..e4730b5e9 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/explorer/nodes.api.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/explorer/nodes.api.ts
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class NodesApi {
   public async $searchNodeByPublicKeyOrAlias(search: string) {
     try {
       const publicKeySearch = search.replace('%', '') + '%';
-      const aliasSearch = search.replace(/[-_.]/g, ' ').replace(/[^a-zA-Z ]/g, '').split(' ').map((search) => '+' + search + '*').join(' ');
+      const aliasSearch = search.replace(/[-_.]/g, ' ').replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9 ]/g, '').split(' ').map((search) => '+' + search + '*').join(' ');
       const query = `SELECT nodes.public_key, nodes.alias, node_stats.capacity FROM nodes LEFT JOIN node_stats ON node_stats.public_key = nodes.public_key WHERE nodes.public_key LIKE ? OR MATCH nodes.alias_search AGAINST (? IN BOOLEAN MODE) GROUP BY nodes.public_key ORDER BY node_stats.capacity DESC LIMIT 10`;
       const [rows]: any = await DB.query(query, [publicKeySearch, aliasSearch]);
       return rows;
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ class NodesApi {
   }
 
   private aliasToSearchText(str: string): string {
-    return str.replace(/[-_.]/g, ' ').replace(/[^a-zA-Z ]/g, '');
+    return str.replace(/[-_.]/g, ' ').replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9 ]/g, '');
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/production/install b/production/install
index 0302f0c60..6d50e8bf7 100755
--- a/production/install
+++ b/production/install
@@ -976,15 +976,28 @@ osSudo "${MEMPOOL_USER}" ln -s mempool/production/mempool-kill-all stop
 osSudo "${MEMPOOL_USER}" ln -s mempool/production/mempool-start-all start
 osSudo "${MEMPOOL_USER}" ln -s mempool/production/mempool-restart-all restart
 
-echo "[*] Installing syslog configuration"
-osSudo "${ROOT_USER}" mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/syslog.d
-osSudo "${ROOT_USER}" install -c -m 755 "${MEMPOOL_HOME}/${MEMPOOL_REPO_NAME}/production/mempool-logger" /usr/local/bin/mempool-logger
-osSudo "${ROOT_USER}" install -c -m 644 "${MEMPOOL_HOME}/${MEMPOOL_REPO_NAME}/production/syslog.conf" /usr/local/etc/syslog.d/mempool.conf
 
-echo "[*] Installing newsyslog configuration"
-osSudo "${ROOT_USER}" mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/newsyslog.conf.d
-osSudo "${ROOT_USER}" install -c -m 644 "${MEMPOOL_HOME}/${MEMPOOL_REPO_NAME}/production/newsyslog-mempool-backend.conf" /usr/local/etc/syslog.d/newsyslog-mempool-backend.conf
-osSudo "${ROOT_USER}" install -c -m 644 "${MEMPOOL_HOME}/${MEMPOOL_REPO_NAME}/production/newsyslog-mempool-nginx.conf" /usr/local/etc/syslog.d/newsyslog-mempool-nginx.conf
+case $OS in
+    FreeBSD)
+        echo "[*] Installing syslog configuration"
+        osSudo "${ROOT_USER}" mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/syslog.d
+        osSudo "${ROOT_USER}" install -c -m 755 "${MEMPOOL_HOME}/${MEMPOOL_REPO_NAME}/production/mempool-logger" /usr/local/bin/mempool-logger
+        osSudo "${ROOT_USER}" install -c -m 644 "${MEMPOOL_HOME}/${MEMPOOL_REPO_NAME}/production/syslog.conf" /usr/local/etc/syslog.d/mempool.conf
+        
+        echo "[*] Installing newsyslog configuration"
+        osSudo "${ROOT_USER}" mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/newsyslog.conf.d
+        osSudo "${ROOT_USER}" install -c -m 644 "${MEMPOOL_HOME}/${MEMPOOL_REPO_NAME}/production/newsyslog-mempool-backend.conf" /usr/local/etc/newsyslog.conf.d/newsyslog-mempool-backend.conf
+        osSudo "${ROOT_USER}" install -c -m 644 "${MEMPOOL_HOME}/${MEMPOOL_REPO_NAME}/production/newsyslog-mempool-nginx.conf" /usr/local/etc/newsyslog.conf.d/newsyslog-mempool-nginx.conf
+
+        echo "[*] Creating log files"
+        osSudo "${ROOT_USER}" newsyslog -C
+    ;;
+    Debian)
+        echo "[*] Installing syslog configuration"
+        osSudo "${ROOT_USER}" install -c -m 644 "${MEMPOOL_HOME}/${MEMPOOL_REPO_NAME}/production/linux/rsyslog.conf" /etc/rsyslog.d/10-mempool.conf
+        osSudo "${ROOT_USER}" sed -i.orig -e 's/^\*\.\*;auth,authpriv\.none/*\.*;auth,authpriv\.none,local7\.none/' /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf
+    ;;
+esac
 
 echo "[*] Installing Mempool crontab"
 osSudo "${ROOT_USER}" crontab -u "${MEMPOOL_USER}" "${MEMPOOL_HOME}/${MEMPOOL_REPO_NAME}/production/mempool.crontab"
diff --git a/production/linux/rsyslog.conf b/production/linux/rsyslog.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..92ce6e591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/production/linux/rsyslog.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+local7.info /var/log/mempool    
+local7.* /var/log/mempool.debug