diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.hpp
index 5347657b71..dd9c6b48ac 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/console.hpp
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         void markOccurrence(size_t textPosition, size_t length);
         size_t currentOccurrence = std::string::npos;
         std::string currentSearchTerm = "";
-        const size_t minLengthOfSearchTerm = 3;
+        const size_t minLengthOfSearchTerm = 1;
 
         std::string complete(std::string input, std::vector<std::string>& matches);