diff --git a/apps/labrinth/src/search/backend/elasticsearch/mod.rs b/apps/labrinth/src/search/backend/elasticsearch/mod.rs
index cd18be9130f..c697c5d2ed0 100644
--- a/apps/labrinth/src/search/backend/elasticsearch/mod.rs
+++ b/apps/labrinth/src/search/backend/elasticsearch/mod.rs
@@ -818,12 +818,8 @@ impl Elasticsearch {
             "dis_max": {
                 "queries": [
                     Self::exact_title_tier(query, 5),
-                    Self::prefix_tier(query, &["name"], 4),
-                    Self::prefix_tier(
-                        query,
-                        &["indexed_name", "slug"],
-                        3,
-                    ),
+                    Self::prefix_tier(query, &["name", "indexed_name"], 4),
+                    Self::prefix_tier(query, &["slug"], 3),
                     Self::prefix_tier(
                         query,
                         &["author", "indexed_author"],
diff --git a/apps/labrinth/tests/search.rs b/apps/labrinth/tests/search.rs
index f583d4a3875..9773c0ccac8 100644
--- a/apps/labrinth/tests/search.rs
+++ b/apps/labrinth/tests/search.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use common::environment::TestEnvironment;
 use common::environment::with_test_environment;
 use common::search::setup_search_projects;
 use futures::stream::StreamExt;
-use labrinth::models::projects::DependencyType;
+use labrinth::{models::projects::DependencyType, search::SearchRequest};
 use serde_json::json;
 
 use crate::common::api_common::Api;
@@ -17,6 +17,70 @@ use crate::common::api_common::ApiProject;
 
 pub mod common;
 
+#[actix_rt::test]
+async fn normalized_titles_have_title_relevance() {
+    with_test_environment(
+        Some(10),
+        |test_env: TestEnvironment<ApiV3>| async move {
+            let project = &test_env.dummy.project_alpha;
+            let resp = test_env
+                .api
+                .edit_project(
+                    &project.project_id,
+                    json!({
+                        "name": "wWaypoints",
+                        "summary": "A test project"
+                    }),
+                    USER_USER_PAT,
+                )
+                .await;
+            assert_status!(&resp, StatusCode::NO_CONTENT);
+
+            let resp = test_env.api.reset_search_index().await;
+            assert_status!(&resp, StatusCode::NO_CONTENT);
+
+            for (query, expected_score) in [
+                ("Waypoint", 4.0),
+                ("Waypoints", 4.0),
+                ("way", 4.0),
+                ("wWaypoints", 5.0),
+                ("wwaypoints", 5.0),
+                ("alpha", 3.0),
+                ("user", 2.0),
+                ("test", 1.0),
+            ] {
+                let results = test_env
+                    .db
+                    .search_backend
+                    .search_for_project_raw(&SearchRequest {
+                        query: Some(query.to_string()),
+                        offset: None,
+                        index: Some("relevance".to_string()),
+                        limit: None,
+                        show_metadata: true,
+                        new_filters: None,
+                        facets: None,
+                        filters: None,
+                        version: None,
+                    })
+                    .await
+                    .unwrap();
+                let hit = results
+                    .hits
+                    .iter()
+                    .find(|hit| hit.project_id == project.project_id)
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|| panic!("missing project for {query}"));
+                assert_eq!(
+                    hit.search_metadata.as_ref().unwrap()["score"].as_f64(),
+                    Some(expected_score),
+                    "unexpected relevance for {query}"
+                );
+            }
+        },
+    )
+    .await;
+}
+
 // TODO: Revisit this wit   h the new modify_json in the version maker
 // That change here should be able to simplify it vastly