diff --git a/sql/search_for_user.sql b/sql/search_for_user.sql
index 433831a..0e3167e 100644
--- a/sql/search_for_user.sql
+++ b/sql/search_for_user.sql
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 SELECT
-    user_id, username, email
-FROM
-    users
-ORDER BY
+    user_id, username, email, 
     GREATEST (
         similarity (email, $1),
         similarity (username, $1)
-    ) DESC
\ No newline at end of file
+    ) as "similarity!"
+FROM
+    users
+ORDER BY
+    "similarity!" DESC
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/db/users.rs b/src/db/users.rs
index 4e55314..0d25cac 100644
--- a/src/db/users.rs
+++ b/src/db/users.rs
@@ -95,9 +95,17 @@ pub async fn get_hash(search_string: &str, pool: &Pool) -> sqlx::Result<Option<(
     Ok(record.map(|record| (record.user_id, record.hashed_password)))
 }
 
+#[derive(Serialize, Debug)]
+pub struct UserSearch {
+    pub user_id: i32,
+    pub username: String,
+    pub email: String,
+    pub similarity: f32,
+}
+
 pub fn search_for_user<'a>(
     search_string: &str,
     pool: &'a Pool,
-) -> BoxStream<'a, sqlx::Result<UserInfo>> {
-    sqlx::query_file_as!(UserInfo, "sql/search_for_user.sql", search_string).fetch(pool)
+) -> BoxStream<'a, sqlx::Result<UserSearch>> {
+    sqlx::query_file_as!(UserSearch, "sql/search_for_user.sql", search_string).fetch(pool)
 }
diff --git a/src/endpoints/users/search.rs b/src/endpoints/users/search.rs
index 1a9a6e6..4bf3d77 100644
--- a/src/endpoints/users/search.rs
+++ b/src/endpoints/users/search.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use futures::TryStreamExt;
+use futures::{future, TryStreamExt};
 
 use crate::prelude::*;
 
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ pub struct Params {
 pub async fn search(
     State(pool): State<Pool>,
     Query(params): Query<Params>,
-) -> sqlx::Result<Json<Vec<db::users::UserInfo>>, StatusCode> {
+) -> sqlx::Result<Json<Vec<db::users::UserSearch>>, StatusCode> {
     let users = db::users::search_for_user(&params.search_string, &pool)
         .take(20)
+        .try_filter(|user| future::ready(user.similarity > 0.1))
         .try_collect()
         .await
         .handle_internal()?;