diff --git a/tdm_loader/tdm_loader.py b/tdm_loader/tdm_loader.py
index 707f554..4c39e19 100644
--- a/tdm_loader/tdm_loader.py
+++ b/tdm_loader/tdm_loader.py
@@ -199,8 +199,10 @@ def channel_group_search(self, search_term):
 
         ind = []
         for name in found_terms:
-            i = chg_names.index(name)
-            ind.append((name, i))
+            for occurence in range(found_terms.count(name)):
+                i = self.channel_group_index(name, occurence)
+                if (name, i) not in ind:
+                    ind.append((name, i))
 
         return ind