diff --git a/cozo-core/src/cozoscript.pest b/cozo-core/src/cozoscript.pest
index aa7b602d..1dddee1c 100644
--- a/cozo-core/src/cozoscript.pest
+++ b/cozo-core/src/cozoscript.pest
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ temp_swap = {"%swap" ~ underscore_ident ~ underscore_ident}
 debug_stmt = {"%debug" ~ (ident | underscore_ident)}
 
 fts_doc = {SOI ~ fts_expr+ ~ EOI}
-fts_phrase_simple = @{!("AND" | "OR" | "NOT" | "NEAR") ~ (XID_CONTINUE+)}
+fts_phrase_simple = @{!("AND" | "OR" | "NOT" | "NEAR" | "," | ";") ~ (XID_CONTINUE+)}
 fts_phrase_group = {fts_phrase_simple+}
 fts_prefix_marker = @{"*"}
 fts_booster = {"^" ~ (dot_float | pos_int)}
@@ -255,5 +255,5 @@ fts_grouped = {"(" ~ fts_expr+ ~ ")"}
 fts_expr = {fts_term ~ (fts_op ~ fts_term)*}
 fts_op = _{fts_and | fts_or | fts_not}
 fts_and = {"AND"}
-fts_or = {"OR"}
+fts_or = {"OR" | "," | ";"}
 fts_not = {"NOT"}
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diff --git a/cozo-core/src/query/ra.rs b/cozo-core/src/query/ra.rs
index 28fe61a4..aa5882d5 100644
--- a/cozo-core/src/query/ra.rs
+++ b/cozo-core/src/query/ra.rs
@@ -1026,6 +1026,21 @@ impl FtsSearchRA {
             .map_ok(move |tuple| -> Result<_> {
                 let q = match tuple[bind_idx].clone() {
                     DataValue::Str(s) => s,
+                    DataValue::List(l) => {
+                        let mut coll = String::new();
+                        for d in l {
+                            match d {
+                                DataValue::Str(s) => {
+                                    if !coll.is_empty() {
+                                        coll += " OR ";
+                                    }
+                                    coll += &s
+                                },
+                                d => bail!("Expected string for FTS search, got {:?}", d),
+                            }
+                        }
+                        coll
+                    }
                     d => bail!("Expected string for FTS search, got {:?}", d),
                 };