diff --git a/code/functions/search-query/java/nu/marginalia/functions/searchquery/svc/QueryFactory.java b/code/functions/search-query/java/nu/marginalia/functions/searchquery/svc/QueryFactory.java
index f641e52f..ac7ce2b2 100644
--- a/code/functions/search-query/java/nu/marginalia/functions/searchquery/svc/QueryFactory.java
+++ b/code/functions/search-query/java/nu/marginalia/functions/searchquery/svc/QueryFactory.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class QueryFactory {
 
         var basicQuery = queryParser.parse(query);
 
-        if (basicQuery.size() >= 8) {
+        if (basicQuery.size() >= 12) {
             problems.add("Your search query is too long");
             basicQuery.clear();
         }