diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index dafbbe2..7775e59 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2960,6 +2960,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nucleo-matcher"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bf33f538733d1a5a3494b836ba913207f14d9d4a1d3cd67030c5061bdd2cac85"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+ "unicode-segmentation",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-bigint"
 version = "0.4.8"
@@ -4292,6 +4302,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
  "minreq",
+ "nucleo-matcher",
  "objc2 0.6.4",
  "objc2-app-kit 0.3.2",
  "objc2-application-services",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7bb7ed1..a1a3eb2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ image = { version = "0.25.9", features = ["tiff"] }
 libc = "0.2.180"
 log = "0.4.29"
 minreq = { version = "2.14.1", features = ["https"] }
+nucleo-matcher = "0.3.1"
 objc2 = "0.6.3"
 objc2-app-kit = { version = "0.3.2", features = ["NSImage", "NSScreen"] }
 objc2-application-services = { version = "0.3.2", default-features = false, features = ["HIServices", "Processes"] }
diff --git a/src/app/tile.rs b/src/app/tile.rs
index b81f2e2..7e340d7 100644
--- a/src/app/tile.rs
+++ b/src/app/tile.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ use iced::{
 use iced::{event, window};
 
 use log::{info, warn};
+use nucleo_matcher::pattern::{CaseMatching, Normalization, Pattern};
+use nucleo_matcher::{Matcher, Utf32Str};
 use objc2::rc::Retained;
 use objc2_app_kit::NSRunningApplication;
 use rayon::iter::{IntoParallelRefIterator, ParallelIterator};
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ use tokio::io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncRead};
 use tray_icon::TrayIcon;
 use url::Url;
 
+use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::fmt::Debug;
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -56,15 +59,22 @@ struct AppIndex {
 impl AppIndex {
     /// Search for an element in the index that starts with the provided prefix
     fn search_prefix<'a>(&'a self, prefix: &'a str) -> impl ParallelIterator<Item = &'a App> + 'a {
+        let pattern = Pattern::parse(prefix, CaseMatching::Ignore, Normalization::Smart);
+
         self.by_name.par_iter().filter_map(move |(name, app)| {
-            if name.starts_with(prefix)
-                || name.contains(format!(" {prefix}").as_str())
-                || name.contains(format!("-{prefix}").as_str())
-            {
-                Some(app)
-            } else {
-                None
+            thread_local! {
+                static MATCHER: RefCell<Matcher> = RefCell::new(
+                    Matcher::new(nucleo_matcher::Config::DEFAULT.match_paths())
+                );
             }
+
+            MATCHER.with(|m| {
+                let mut buf = Vec::new();
+                let haystack = Utf32Str::new(name, &mut buf);
+                pattern
+                    .score(haystack, &mut m.borrow_mut())
+                    .map(|_score| app)
+            })
         })
     }
 
@@ -706,7 +716,11 @@ mod tests {
             .map(|app| app.display_name.clone())
             .collect();
 
-        assert_eq!(prefix_results, vec!["Safari".to_string()]);
+        assert!(
+            prefix_results.contains(&"Visual Studio Code".to_string())
+                && prefix_results.contains(&"Signal Desktop".to_string())
+                && prefix_results.contains(&"Safari".to_string()),
+        );
         assert_eq!(spaced_results, vec!["Visual Studio Code".to_string()]);
         assert_eq!(hyphen_results, vec!["Signal Desktop".to_string()]);
     }
diff --git a/src/app/tile/elm.rs b/src/app/tile/elm.rs
index 34ba6c8..dd8fab1 100644
--- a/src/app/tile/elm.rs
+++ b/src/app/tile/elm.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ use crate::app::pages::settings::settings_page;
 use crate::app::tile::{AppIndex, Hotkeys};
 use crate::app::{DEFAULT_WINDOW_HEIGHT, HotkeyCapture, SettingsTab, ToApp, ToApps};
 use crate::config::Theme;
-use crate::database::load_clipboard;
 use crate::debounce::Debouncer;
 use crate::platform::macos::events::Event;
 use crate::styles::{
diff --git a/src/clipboard.rs b/src/clipboard.rs
index 98eb11e..f215d78 100644
--- a/src/clipboard.rs
+++ b/src/clipboard.rs
@@ -109,16 +109,4 @@ mod tests {
             ClipBoardContentType::Text("world".to_string())
         );
     }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn clipboard_to_app_truncates_and_uses_first_line_for_display() {
-        let item =
-            ClipBoardContentType::Text("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz\nsecond line".to_string());
-
-        // let app = item.to_app();
-
-        // assert_eq!(app.display_name, "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy");
-        // assert_eq!(app.search_name, "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy");
-        // assert_eq!(app.desc, "Clipboard Item");
-    }
 }
diff --git a/src/platform/mod.rs b/src/platform.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/platform/mod.rs
rename to src/platform.rs