diff --git a/EMongoDocument.php b/EMongoDocument.php
index 216423df..f4e38a19 100644
--- a/EMongoDocument.php
+++ b/EMongoDocument.php
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ public function search($caseSensitive = false)
 
 		$this->setDbCriteria($criteria);
 
-		return $this;
+		return new EMongoDocumentDataProvider($this);
 	}
 
 	/**