diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 42cd73d..0794651 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-/vendor/
\ No newline at end of file
+/vendor/
+composer.lock
+.phpunit.result.cache
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2cbbb88..d43edb0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # LDAP Tool Box PHP framework
 
-[![Latest Stable Version](http://poser.pugx.org/ltb-project/ltb-common/v)](https://packagist.org/packages/ltb-project/ltb-common)
-[![Latest Unstable Version](http://poser.pugx.org/ltb-project/ltb-common/v/unstable)](https://packagist.org/packages/ltb-project/ltb-common)
-[![Total Downloads](http://poser.pugx.org/ltb-project/ltb-common/downloads)](https://packagist.org/packages/ltb-project/ltb-common)
+[![Latest Stable Version](https://poser.pugx.org/ltb-project/ltb-common/v)](https://packagist.org/packages/ltb-project/ltb-common)
+[![Latest Unstable Version](https://poser.pugx.org/ltb-project/ltb-common/v/unstable)](https://packagist.org/packages/ltb-project/ltb-common)
+[![Total Downloads](https://poser.pugx.org/ltb-project/ltb-common/downloads)](https://packagist.org/packages/ltb-project/ltb-common)
 [![CI Status](https://github.com/ltb-project/ltb-common/actions/workflows/unittests.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ltb-project/ltb-common/actions/workflows/unittests.yml)
 [![Composer Status](https://github.com/ltb-project/ltb-common/actions/workflows/php.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ltb-project/ltb-common/actions/workflows/php.yml)
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Add the dependency in your [composer](https://getcomposer.org/) configuration:
 ```json
 {
     "require": {
-        "ltb-project/ltb-common": "v0.2"
+        "ltb-project/ltb-common": "v0.2.1"
     }
 }
 ```
diff --git a/src/Ltb/Ldap.php b/src/Ltb/Ldap.php
index f1feb80..ca019cd 100644
--- a/src/Ltb/Ldap.php
+++ b/src/Ltb/Ldap.php
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function search_with_scope(string $scope = "sub", ...$searchargs)
         }
     }
 
-    function search($ldap_filter,$attributes, $attributes_map, $search_result_title, $search_result_sortby, $search_result_items)
+    function search($ldap_filter,$attributes, $attributes_map, $search_result_title, $search_result_sortby, $search_result_items, $search_scope = "sub")
     {
 
         $result = "";
@@ -115,11 +115,9 @@ function search($ldap_filter,$attributes, $attributes_map, $search_result_title,
 
         # Connect to LDAP
         $ldap_connection = $this->connect();
-
-        $ldap = $ldap_connection[0];
         $result = $ldap_connection[1];
 
-        if ($ldap) {
+        if ($this->ldap) {
 
             foreach( $search_result_items as $item ) {
                 $attributes[] = $attributes_map[$item]['attribute'];
@@ -128,25 +126,25 @@ function search($ldap_filter,$attributes, $attributes_map, $search_result_title,
             $attributes[] = $attributes_map[$search_result_sortby]['attribute'];
 
             # Search for users
-            $search = \Ltb\PhpLDAP::ldap_search($ldap, $this->ldap_user_base, $ldap_filter, $attributes, 0, $this->ldap_size_limit);
+            $search = $this->search_with_scope($search_scope, $this->ldap_user_base, $ldap_filter, $attributes, 0, $this->ldap_size_limit);
 
-            $errno = \Ltb\PhpLDAP::ldap_errno($ldap);
+            $errno = \Ltb\PhpLDAP::ldap_errno($this->ldap);
 
             if ( $errno == 4) {
                 $size_limit_reached = true;
             }
             if ( $errno != 0 and $errno !=4 ) {
                 $result = "ldaperror";
-                error_log("LDAP - Search error $errno  (".\Ltb\PhpLDAP::ldap_error($ldap).")");
+                error_log("LDAP - Search error $errno  (".\Ltb\PhpLDAP::ldap_error($this->ldap).")");
             } else {
 
                 # Get search results
-                $nb_entries = \Ltb\PhpLDAP::ldap_count_entries($ldap, $search);
+                $nb_entries = \Ltb\PhpLDAP::ldap_count_entries($this->ldap, $search);
 
                 if ($nb_entries === 0) {
                     $result = "noentriesfound";
                 } else {
-                    $entries = \Ltb\PhpLDAP::ldap_get_entries($ldap, $search);
+                    $entries = \Ltb\PhpLDAP::ldap_get_entries($this->ldap, $search);
 
                     # Sort entries
                     if (isset($search_result_sortby)) {
@@ -159,7 +157,7 @@ function search($ldap_filter,$attributes, $attributes_map, $search_result_title,
             }
         }
 
-        return [$ldap,$result,$nb_entries,$entries,$size_limit_reached];
+        return [$this->ldap,$result,$nb_entries,$entries,$size_limit_reached];
 
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Ltb/LdapTest.php b/tests/Ltb/LdapTest.php
index db2d87c..782f5cf 100644
--- a/tests/Ltb/LdapTest.php
+++ b/tests/Ltb/LdapTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 require __DIR__ . '/../../vendor/autoload.php';
 
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\RunInSeparateProcess;
+
 final class LdapTest extends \Mockery\Adapter\Phpunit\MockeryTestCase
 {
 
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ public function test_search(): void
         $search_result_title = "fullname";
         $search_result_sortby = "lastname";
         $search_result_items = array('identifier', 'mail', 'mobile');
-
+        $search_scope = "sub";
 
         $entries = [
                        'count' => 2,
@@ -200,7 +202,8 @@ public function test_search(): void
                                          $attributes_map,
                                          $search_result_title,
                                          $search_result_sortby,
-                                         $search_result_items
+                                         $search_result_items,
+                                         $search_scope
                                        );
 
         $this->assertEquals("ldap_connection", $ldap, "Error while getting ldap_connection in search function");
@@ -598,10 +601,6 @@ public function test_get_password_value_with_dummy_pwdattribute(): void
 
     }
 
-  /** runInSeparateProcess is needed for \Ltb\Password
-   *  not interfering with other tests
-   * @runInSeparateProcess
-   */
     #[RunInSeparateProcess]
     public function test_change_ad_password_as_user(): void
     {