diff --git a/src/rag_manager.py b/src/rag_manager.py
index a41608ecf..887030ee0 100644
--- a/src/rag_manager.py
+++ b/src/rag_manager.py
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ class RAGManager:
         logger.info("RAGManager initialized as wrapper for VectorRAG")
     
     # Delegate all methods to VectorRAG
-    def search(self, query: str, k: int = 5) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
+    def search(self, query: str, k: int = 5, owner: Optional[str] = None) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
         """Search for documents - delegates to VectorRAG."""
-        return self.vector_rag.search(query, k)
+        return self.vector_rag.search(query, k, owner=owner)
     
     def index_personal_documents(
         self,
diff --git a/tests/test_rag_search_signature.py b/tests/test_rag_search_signature.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb6dbcd67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_rag_search_signature.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+from src.rag_manager import RAGManager
+
+class TestRAGManagerSearchSignature(unittest.TestCase):
+    @patch('src.rag_manager.VectorRAG')
+    def test_search_signature_accepts_owner(self, mock_vector_rag_class):
+        # Create a mock instance for VectorRAG
+        mock_vector_rag = MagicMock()
+        mock_vector_rag_class.return_value = mock_vector_rag
+
+        # Initialize RAGManager
+        manager = RAGManager()
+
+        # Test call with owner parameter
+        manager.search("test query", k=3, owner="user1")
+
+        # Verify that search was called on the underlying vector_rag with the correct parameters
+        mock_vector_rag.search.assert_called_once_with("test query", 3, owner="user1")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()