diff --git a/.changeset/selfish-eagles-train.md b/.changeset/selfish-eagles-train.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd97c577d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/selfish-eagles-train.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@solid-primitives/marker": minor
+---
+
+fix memory leak
diff --git a/packages/marker/src/index.ts b/packages/marker/src/index.ts
index eedbaaf66..39cbcaf16 100644
--- a/packages/marker/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/marker/src/index.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export function makeSearchRegex(search: string): RegExp {
   return search
     ? new RegExp(
         // join words `|` to match any of them
-        search.replace(SPLIT_WORDS_REGEX, "|"),
+        search.trim().replace(SPLIT_WORDS_REGEX, "|"),
         "gi",
       )
     : NEVER_REGEX;