diff --git a/tdm_loader/tdm_loader.py b/tdm_loader/tdm_loader.py
index 78fc1bc..72283d1 100644
--- a/tdm_loader/tdm_loader.py
+++ b/tdm_loader/tdm_loader.py
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ def channel_search(self, search_term):
             if channel_name:
                 group_uri = re.findall(r'id\("(.+?)"\)', channel.find("group").text)
                 group_id = channel_group_ids.get(group_uri[0])
-                channels = self.get_channels(group_id)
+                channels = self._get_channels(group_id)
 
                 channel_id = channels.get(channel.get("id"))