diff --git a/client/src/app/pages/dashboard/search/SearchPage.tsx b/client/src/app/pages/dashboard/search/SearchPage.tsx
index 4b472b9d1..3ec1dc548 100644
--- a/client/src/app/pages/dashboard/search/SearchPage.tsx
+++ b/client/src/app/pages/dashboard/search/SearchPage.tsx
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ function ChartView({
 				<tr>
 					<DifficultyCell game={game} chart={d.chart} />
 					<TitleCell chart={d.chart} game={game} song={d.song} />
-					<td>{d.song.__textScore}</td>
 					<td>{d.playcount}</td>
 				</tr>
 			)}
diff --git a/server/src/lib/search/search.test.ts b/server/src/lib/search/search.test.ts
index 92c712d23..f9ce7c639 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/search/search.test.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/search/search.test.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,28 @@ t.test("#SearchSpecificGameSongs", (t) => {
 		// songID here and expect this.
 		t.strictSame(
 			res.sort((a, b) => a.id - b.id).map((e) => e.title),
-			["A", "AA", "冥", "F", "HAERETICUS", "ZZ", "X", "AA -rebuild-", "∀", "-65℃"]
+			[
+				"L'amour et la liberte",
+				"A",
+				"I'm In Love Again -Y&Co. EURO MIX-",
+				"AA",
+				"冥",
+				"Make Me Your Own",
+				"AIR RAID FROM THA UNDAGROUND",
+				"Programmed Sun (xac Antarctic Ocean mix)",
+				"黒髪乱れし修羅となりて",
+				"F",
+				"DON'T WAKE ME FROM THE DREAM (2010 Summer Edition)",
+				"HAERETICUS",
+				"狂イ咲ケ焔ノ華",
+				"ZZ",
+				"X",
+				"獅子霞麗ノ舞",
+				"AA -rebuild-",
+				"抱きしめてモナムール",
+				"∀",
+				"-65℃",
+			]
 		);
 
 		t.end();
diff --git a/server/src/lib/search/search.ts b/server/src/lib/search/search.ts
index 21cb32fb4..a9a0c4d3b 100644
--- a/server/src/lib/search/search.ts
+++ b/server/src/lib/search/search.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+/* eslint-disable import/first */
+// see: https://www.npmjs.com/package/fix-esm
+// fzf *mandates* esm, but we don't use it (ts transpiles to cjs)
+// sick of this headache.
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports, @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
+require("fix-esm").register();
+
 import db from "external/mongo/db";
 import { AsyncFzf } from "fzf";
 import CreateLogCtx from "lib/logger/logger";
@@ -37,7 +44,7 @@ const SEARCH_CONTROLS = {
 	goals: { keys: ["name"], primary: "goalID" },
 	quests: { keys: ["name"], primary: "questID" },
 	users: { keys: ["username"], primary: "id" },
-	folders: { keys: ["name", "searchTerms"], primary: "folderID" },
+	folders: { keys: ["title", "searchTerms"], primary: "folderID" },
 } satisfies Partial<Record<keyof typeof db, SearchControls>>;
 
 /**
@@ -78,9 +85,13 @@ export async function SearchCollection<T extends object>(
 				}
 			);
 
-			const results = await fzf
-				.find(search)
-				.then((data) => data.filter((d) => d.score > 100));
+			let results = await fzf.find(search);
+
+			// filter out anything far from the best match
+			// 30 was chosen arbitrarily :)
+			const max = results[0]?.score ?? 0;
+
+			results = results.filter((e) => e.score >= max - 30);
 
 			for (const res of results) {
 				const pkey = res.item[controls.primary];
diff --git a/server/src/main.ts b/server/src/main.ts
index 34c680380..3b768a80c 100644
--- a/server/src/main.ts
+++ b/server/src/main.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@
 // we're running as a server, and not as a job runner or score worker.
 process.env.IS_SERVER = "true";
 
-// see: https://www.npmjs.com/package/fix-esm
-// fzf *mandates* esm, but we don't use it (ts transpiles to cjs)
-// sick of this headache.
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports, @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
-require("fix-esm").register();
-
 import db, { monkDB } from "external/mongo/db";
 import { UpdateIndexes } from "external/mongo/indexes";
 import { InitSequenceDocs } from "external/mongo/sequence-docs";
diff --git a/server/src/test-utils/single-process-tap.ts b/server/src/test-utils/single-process-tap.ts
index 8dff6e4be..6e2d4e418 100644
--- a/server/src/test-utils/single-process-tap.ts
+++ b/server/src/test-utils/single-process-tap.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-/* eslint-disable import/first */
-// see: https://www.npmjs.com/package/fix-esm
-// fzf *mandates* esm, but we don't use it (ts transpiles to cjs)
-// sick of this headache.
-// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports, @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
-require("fix-esm").register();
-
 import "external/mongo/db";
 import { CleanUpAfterTests } from "./cleanup";
 import glob from "glob";