diff --git a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/searches/queryString.js b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/searches/queryString.js
index ad1ba59fa..8f415c5e6 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/searches/queryString.js
+++ b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/searches/queryString.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const matchSomeWordsExactly = (str, boost = 2) => {
 const matchBeginningOfWords = (str) => {
   return str
     .split(' ')
-    .filter((s) => s.length >= 3)
+    .filter((s) => s.length >= 2)
     .map((s) => s + '*')
     .join(' ')
 }
diff --git a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/searches/queryString.spec.js b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/searches/queryString.spec.js
index 23a746be1..fe3c91d3c 100644
--- a/backend/src/schema/resolvers/searches/queryString.spec.js
+++ b/backend/src/schema/resolvers/searches/queryString.spec.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe('queryString', () => {
 
   describe('globbing for longer words', () => {
     it('globs words with more than three characters', () => {
-      expect(queryString('a couple of words')).toContain('couple* words*')
+      expect(queryString('a couple of words')).toContain('couple* of* words*')
     })
   })
 })