diff --git a/postgres/categories.sql.go b/postgres/categories.sql.go
index d8cc4e1..d31dd18 100644
--- a/postgres/categories.sql.go
+++ b/postgres/categories.sql.go
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ FROM categories
 INNER JOIN category_groups ON categories.category_group_id = category_groups.id
 WHERE category_groups.budget_id = $1
 AND categories.name ILIKE $2
+AND category_groups.name != 'Hidden Categories'
 ORDER BY category_groups.name, categories.name
 `
 
diff --git a/postgres/queries/categories.sql b/postgres/queries/categories.sql
index 62e421b..d9c4843 100644
--- a/postgres/queries/categories.sql
+++ b/postgres/queries/categories.sql
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@ FROM categories
 INNER JOIN category_groups ON categories.category_group_id = category_groups.id
 WHERE category_groups.budget_id = @budget_id
 AND categories.name ILIKE @search
+AND category_groups.name != 'Hidden Categories'
 ORDER BY category_groups.name, categories.name;
 --ORDER BY levenshtein(payees.name, $2);
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