diff --git a/ts/test-both/util/filterAndSortConversations_test.ts b/ts/test-both/util/filterAndSortConversations_test.ts
index 104a8c99f..45cdba3f4 100644
--- a/ts/test-both/util/filterAndSortConversations_test.ts
+++ b/ts/test-both/util/filterAndSortConversations_test.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe('filterAndSortConversationsByRecent', () => {
       activeAt: 2,
     }),
     getDefaultConversation({
-      title: 'A long title ending with burrito',
+      title: 'A long long long title ending with burrito',
     }),
   ];
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ describe('filterAndSortConversationsByRecent', () => {
       'Boxing Club',
       'Abraham Lincoln',
       'Not recent',
-      'A long title ending with burrito',
+      'A long long long title ending with burrito',
     ]);
   });
 
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ describe('filterAndSortConversationsByRecent', () => {
       'burrito',
       'US'
     ).map(convo => convo.title);
-    assert.deepEqual(titles, ['A long title ending with burrito']);
+    assert.deepEqual(titles, ['A long long long title ending with burrito']);
   });
 });
diff --git a/ts/util/filterAndSortConversations.ts b/ts/util/filterAndSortConversations.ts
index 6f3919b78..7b68765c6 100644
--- a/ts/util/filterAndSortConversations.ts
+++ b/ts/util/filterAndSortConversations.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ const FUSE_OPTIONS: Fuse.IFuseOptions<ConversationType> = {
   // We sort manually anyway
   shouldSort: true,
   // the default of 100 is not enough to catch a word at the end of a convo/group title
-  // 150 is about right
-  distance: 150,
+  // 200 is about right (contact names can get longer than the max for group titles)
+  distance: 200,
   keys: [
     {
       name: 'searchableTitle',