diff --git a/code/services-core/index-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/index/index/SearchIndex.java b/code/services-core/index-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/index/index/SearchIndex.java
index 709d2cd0..c76cf7a1 100644
--- a/code/services-core/index-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/index/index/SearchIndex.java
+++ b/code/services-core/index-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/index/index/SearchIndex.java
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public class SearchIndex {
 
         // Finally consider terms in the full index, but only do this for sufficiently long queries
         // as short queries tend to be too underspecified to produce anything other than CPU warmth
-        if (orderedIncludes.length >= 3) {
+        if (orderedIncludes.length >= 2) {
             queryHeads.add(indexReader.findFullWord(IndexQueryPriority.FALLBACK, orderedIncludes[0], fetchSizeMultiplier));
         }
 
diff --git a/code/services-core/index-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/index/svc/IndexQueryService.java b/code/services-core/index-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/index/svc/IndexQueryService.java
index a480d3d6..2f16a1d9 100644
--- a/code/services-core/index-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/index/svc/IndexQueryService.java
+++ b/code/services-core/index-service/src/main/java/nu/marginalia/index/svc/IndexQueryService.java
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ public class IndexQueryService {
         return switch (priority) {
             case BEST -> false;
             case GOOD -> resultCount > params.fetchSize / 4;
-            case FALLBACK -> resultCount != 0;
+            case FALLBACK -> resultCount > params.fetchSize / 256;
         };
     }