diff --git a/web/server/routes/search.py b/web/server/routes/search.py
index 9f2daca..8c32aac 100644
--- a/web/server/routes/search.py
+++ b/web/server/routes/search.py
@@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ def _is_banned(query: str) -> bool:
     # Fuzzy match check for words in the query
     query_words = query_lower.split()
     for word in query_words:
-        # Skip very short words (3 chars or less)
-        if len(word) <= 3:
+        # Skip short words (4 chars or less) to avoid false positives (e.g. "lofi" matching "loli")
+        if len(word) <= 4:
             continue
         for term in _banned_terms:
-            # Skip fuzzy matching for very short banned terms (too many false positives)
-            if len(term) <= 3:
+            # Skip fuzzy matching for short banned terms (too many false positives)
+            if len(term) <= 4:
                 continue
             # Only fuzzy match for terms with similar length
             if abs(len(word) - len(term)) > 2: