diff --git a/bookwyrm/connectors/self_connector.py b/bookwyrm/connectors/self_connector.py
index 9110b87b..635ee65c 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/connectors/self_connector.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/connectors/self_connector.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from functools import reduce
 import operator
 
-from django.contrib.postgres.search import SearchRank
+from django.contrib.postgres.search import SearchRank, SearchQuery
 from django.db.models import OuterRef, Subquery, F, Q
 
 from bookwyrm import models
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ def search_identifiers(query, *filters):
 
 def search_title_author(query, min_confidence, *filters):
     """searches for title and author"""
+    query = SearchQuery(query, config="simple") | SearchQuery(query, config="english")
     results = (
         models.Edition.objects.annotate(rank=SearchRank("search_vector", query))
         .filter(*filters, search_vector=query, rank__gt=min_confidence)
diff --git a/bookwyrm/migrations/0077_auto_20210623_2155.py b/bookwyrm/migrations/0077_auto_20210623_2155.py
index 4773e6bd..d72f8363 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/migrations/0077_auto_20210623_2155.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/migrations/0077_auto_20210623_2155.py
@@ -39,17 +39,20 @@ class Migration(migrations.Migration):
                 CREATE FUNCTION book_trigger() RETURNS trigger AS $$
                 begin
                     new.search_vector :=
-                        setweight(to_tsvector('pg_catalog.english', coalesce(new.title, '')), 'A') ||
-                        setweight(to_tsvector('pg_catalog.english', coalesce(new.subtitle, '')), 'B') ||
-                        setweight(to_tsvector('pg_catalog.english', coalesce(new.series, '')), 'D') ||
-                        (SELECT setweight(to_tsvector('simple', coalesce(array_to_string(array_agg(bookwyrm_author.name), ' '), '')), 'C')
+                        coalesce(
+                            NULLIF(setweight(to_tsvector('english', coalesce(new.title, '')), 'A'), ''),
+                            setweight(to_tsvector('simple', coalesce(new.title, '')), 'A')
+                        ) ||
+                        setweight(to_tsvector('english', coalesce(new.subtitle, '')), 'B') ||
+                        (SELECT setweight(to_tsvector('simple', coalesce(array_to_string(array_agg(bookwyrm_author.name), ' '), '')), 'B')
                             FROM bookwyrm_book
                             LEFT OUTER JOIN bookwyrm_book_authors
                             ON bookwyrm_book.id = bookwyrm_book_authors.book_id
                             LEFT OUTER JOIN bookwyrm_author
                             ON bookwyrm_book_authors.author_id = bookwyrm_author.id
                             WHERE bookwyrm_book.id = new.id
-                        );
+                        ) ||
+                        setweight(to_tsvector('english', coalesce(new.series, '')), 'D');
                     return new;
                 end
                 $$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;