diff --git a/src/text_editor/buffer.h b/src/text_editor/buffer.h
index 6cfedbb..f413b85 100644
--- a/src/text_editor/buffer.h
+++ b/src/text_editor/buffer.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ struct Buffer {
 
 struct FuzzyPair {
     int32_t index;
-    int32_t rating;
+    float rating;
 };
 
 enum {
diff --git a/src/text_editor/window_command.cpp b/src/text_editor/window_command.cpp
index a17e66a..eb24fe1 100644
--- a/src/text_editor/window_command.cpp
+++ b/src/text_editor/window_command.cpp
@@ -95,26 +95,48 @@ void CommandWindowLayout(Rect2I *rect, Int wx, Int wy) {
     n->document_rect = n->total_rect = CutBottom(rect, barsize);
 }
 
-int32_t FuzzyRate(String16 string, String16 with) {
-    ProfileFunction();
-    if (with.len == 0) return 0;
-    int32_t points = 0;
-    int32_t consecutive = 0;
-    int32_t with_i = 0;
-    for (int32_t i = 0; i < string.len; i++) {
-        if (ToLowerCase(string.data[i]) == ToLowerCase(with[with_i])) {
-            consecutive += 1;
-            with_i += 1;
-        } else {
-            with_i = 0;
-            points += consecutive * consecutive;
-            consecutive = 0;
+float NewFuzzyRate(String16 s, String16 p) {
+    float score = 0;
+    // try to do this: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf/blob/master/src/algo/algo.go
+    return score;
+}
+
+float FuzzyRate(String16 s, String16 p) {
+    float score = 0;
+    for (Int outer_pi = 0; outer_pi < p.len; outer_pi += 1) {
+        String16 pit = Skip(p, outer_pi);
+        if (IsWhitespace(At(pit, 0))) {
+            continue;
         }
 
-        if (with_i >= with.len) with_i = 0;
+        float matching = 0;
+        for (Int outer_si = 0; outer_si < s.len; outer_si += 1) {
+            String16 sit = Skip(s, outer_si);
+            if (IsWhitespace(At(sit, 0))) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            Int si = 0;
+            Int pi = 0;
+            for (;si < sit.len && pi < pit.len;) {
+                while (si < sit.len && IsWhitespace(sit[si])) si += 1;
+                while (pi < pit.len && IsWhitespace(pit[pi])) pi += 1;
+                if (pi >= pit.len) break;
+                if (si >= sit.len) break;
+
+                if (ToLowerCase(sit[si]) == ToLowerCase(pit[pi])) {
+                    matching += 1.0f;
+                } else {
+                    break;
+                }
+                si += 1;
+                pi += 1;
+            }
+        }
+        score += matching;
     }
-    points += consecutive * consecutive;
-    return points;
+    score = score / (float)s.len;
+    return score;
 }
 
 inline bool MergeSortCompare(FuzzyPair *a, FuzzyPair *b) {
@@ -139,7 +161,7 @@ Array<FuzzyPair> FuzzySearchLines(Allocator allocator, Buffer *buffer, Int line_
         }
         s = Trim(s);
 
-        int32_t rating = FuzzyRate(s, needle);
+        float rating = FuzzyRate(s, needle);
         Add(&ratings, {(int32_t)i, rating});
     }
     Array<FuzzyPair> temp = Copy(allocator, ratings);