diff --git a/quartz/components/scripts/search.inline.ts b/quartz/components/scripts/search.inline.ts
index 797685a..82fdf82 100644
--- a/quartz/components/scripts/search.inline.ts
+++ b/quartz/components/scripts/search.inline.ts
@@ -24,14 +24,20 @@ const contextWindowWords = 30
 const numSearchResults = 8
 const numTagResults = 5
 
-const tokenizeTerm = (term: string) =>
-  term
-    .split(/\s+/)
-    .filter((t) => t !== "")
-    .sort((a, b) => b.length - a.length)
+const tokenizeTerm = (term: string) => {
+  const tokens = term.split(/\s+/).filter((t) => t.trim() !== "")
+
+  const tokenLen = tokens.length
+  if (tokenLen > 1) {
+    for (let i = 1; i < tokenLen; i++) {
+      tokens.push(tokens.slice(0, i + 1).join(" "))
+    }
+  }
+
+  return tokens.sort((a, b) => b.length - a.length) // always highlight longest terms first
+}
 
 function highlight(searchTerm: string, text: string, trim?: boolean) {
-  // try to highlight longest tokens first
   const tokenizedTerms = tokenizeTerm(searchTerm)
   let tokenizedText = text.split(/\s+/).filter((t) => t !== "")
 
@@ -69,7 +75,6 @@ function highlight(searchTerm: string, text: string, trim?: boolean) {
       }
       return tok
     })
-    .slice(startIndex, endIndex + 1)
     .join(" ")
 
   return `${startIndex === 0 ? "" : "..."}${slice}${
@@ -89,29 +94,32 @@ function highlightHTML(searchTerm: string, el: HTMLElement) {
     return span
   }
 
-  const highlightTextNodes = (node: Node) => {
+  const highlightTextNodes = (node: Node, term: string) => {
     if (node.nodeType === Node.TEXT_NODE) {
-      let nodeText = node.nodeValue || ""
-      tokenizedTerms.forEach((term) => {
-        const regex = new RegExp(term.toLowerCase(), "gi")
-        const matches = nodeText.match(regex)
-        const spanContainer = document.createElement("span")
-        let lastIndex = 0
-        matches?.forEach((match) => {
-          const matchIndex = nodeText.indexOf(match, lastIndex)
-          spanContainer.appendChild(document.createTextNode(nodeText.slice(lastIndex, matchIndex)))
-          spanContainer.appendChild(createHighlightSpan(match))
-          lastIndex = matchIndex + match.length
-        })
-        spanContainer.appendChild(document.createTextNode(nodeText.slice(lastIndex)))
-        node.parentNode?.replaceChild(spanContainer, node)
-      })
+      const nodeText = node.nodeValue ?? ""
+      const regex = new RegExp(term.toLowerCase(), "gi")
+      const matches = nodeText.match(regex)
+      if (!matches || matches.length === 0) return
+      const spanContainer = document.createElement("span")
+      let lastIndex = 0
+      for (const match of matches) {
+        const matchIndex = nodeText.indexOf(match, lastIndex)
+        spanContainer.appendChild(document.createTextNode(nodeText.slice(lastIndex, matchIndex)))
+        spanContainer.appendChild(createHighlightSpan(match))
+        lastIndex = matchIndex + match.length
+      }
+      spanContainer.appendChild(document.createTextNode(nodeText.slice(lastIndex)))
+      node.parentNode?.replaceChild(spanContainer, node)
     } else if (node.nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE) {
-      Array.from(node.childNodes).forEach(highlightTextNodes)
+      if ((node as HTMLElement).classList.contains("highlight")) return
+      Array.from(node.childNodes).forEach((child) => highlightTextNodes(child, term))
     }
   }
 
-  highlightTextNodes(html.body)
+  for (const term of tokenizedTerms) {
+    highlightTextNodes(html.body, term)
+  }
+
   return html.body
 }
 
@@ -137,13 +145,13 @@ document.addEventListener("nav", async (e: CustomEventMap["nav"]) => {
   let previewInner: HTMLDivElement | undefined = undefined
   const results = document.createElement("div")
   results.id = "results-container"
-  results.style.flexBasis = enablePreview ? "30%" : "100%"
+  results.style.flexBasis = enablePreview ? "min(30%, 450px)" : "100%"
   appendLayout(results)
 
   if (enablePreview) {
     preview = document.createElement("div")
     preview.id = "preview-container"
-    preview.style.flexBasis = "70%"
+    preview.style.flexBasis = "100%"
     appendLayout(preview)
   }
 
diff --git a/quartz/components/styles/search.scss b/quartz/components/styles/search.scss
index 11e7c4e..0a763ec 100644
--- a/quartz/components/styles/search.scss
+++ b/quartz/components/styles/search.scss
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     }
 
     & > #search-space {
-      width: 75%;
+      width: 65%;
       margin-top: 12vh;
       margin-left: auto;
       margin-right: auto;
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@
       & > #search-layout {
         display: flex;
         flex-direction: row;
-        justify-content: space-between;
         opacity: 0;
         border: 1px solid var(--lightgray);
 
@@ -106,7 +105,7 @@
           }
         }
 
-        @media all and (max-width: $mobileBreakpoint) {
+        @media all and (max-width: $tabletBreakpoint) {
           display: block;
           & > *:not(#results-container) {
             display: none !important;
@@ -119,8 +118,8 @@
         }
 
         & .highlight {
-          color: var(--secondary);
-          font-weight: 700;
+          background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--tertiary) 60%, transparent);
+          border-radius: 5px;
         }
 
         & > #preview-container {
@@ -129,8 +128,10 @@
           overflow: hidden;
 
           & .preview-inner {
+            margin: 0 auto;
             padding: 1em;
             height: 100%;
+            width: 100%;
             box-sizing: border-box;
             overflow-y: auto;
             font-family: inherit;
diff --git a/quartz/styles/base.scss b/quartz/styles/base.scss
index fc1db95..0fa7a55 100644
--- a/quartz/styles/base.scss
+++ b/quartz/styles/base.scss
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ section {
 }
 
 ::selection {
-  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--tertiary) 75%, transparent);
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--tertiary) 60%, transparent);
   color: var(--darkgray);
 }
 
diff --git a/quartz/styles/variables.scss b/quartz/styles/variables.scss
index 30004aa..db43f8e 100644
--- a/quartz/styles/variables.scss
+++ b/quartz/styles/variables.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 $pageWidth: 750px;
 $mobileBreakpoint: 600px;
-$tabletBreakpoint: 1200px;
+$tabletBreakpoint: 1000px;
 $sidePanelWidth: 380px;
 $topSpacing: 6rem;
 $fullPageWidth: $pageWidth + 2 * $sidePanelWidth;