diff --git a/server/src/queries/person.repository.sql b/server/src/queries/person.repository.sql
index f60b8859f2..318c151cca 100644
--- a/server/src/queries/person.repository.sql
+++ b/server/src/queries/person.repository.sql
@@ -195,13 +195,19 @@ where
   "asset_face"."id" = $2
 
 -- PersonRepository.getByName
+with
+  "similarity_threshold" as (
+    select
+      set_config('pg_trgm.word_similarity_threshold', '0.5', true) as "thresh"
+  )
 select
   "person".*
 from
+  "similarity_threshold",
   "person"
 where
   "person"."ownerId" = $1
-  and f_unaccent ("person"."name") %>> f_unaccent ($2)
+  and f_unaccent ("person"."name") %> f_unaccent ($2)
 order by
   f_unaccent ("person"."name") <->>> f_unaccent ($3)
 limit
diff --git a/server/src/repositories/person.repository.ts b/server/src/repositories/person.repository.ts
index c1c21162a2..ab5fad40d1 100644
--- a/server/src/repositories/person.repository.ts
+++ b/server/src/repositories/person.repository.ts
@@ -310,10 +310,13 @@ export class PersonRepository {
   @GenerateSql({ params: [DummyValue.UUID, DummyValue.STRING, { withHidden: true }] })
   getByName(userId: string, personName: string, { withHidden }: PersonNameSearchOptions) {
     return this.db
-      .selectFrom('person')
+      .with('similarity_threshold', (db) =>
+        db.selectNoFrom(sql`set_config('pg_trgm.word_similarity_threshold', '0.5', true)`.as('thresh')),
+      )
+      .selectFrom(['similarity_threshold', 'person'])
       .selectAll('person')
       .where('person.ownerId', '=', userId)
-      .where(() => sql`f_unaccent("person"."name") %>> f_unaccent(${personName})`)
+      .where(() => sql`f_unaccent("person"."name") %> f_unaccent(${personName})`)
       .orderBy(sql`f_unaccent("person"."name") <->>> f_unaccent(${personName})`)
       .limit(100)
       .$if(!withHidden, (qb) => qb.where('person.isHidden', '=', false))