diff --git a/lib/pleroma/user.ex b/lib/pleroma/user.ex
index be634a8e1..6e1d5559d 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/user.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/user.ex
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.User do
     Repo.all(query)
   end
 
-  def search(query, resolve) do
+  def search(query, resolve \\ false) do
     # strip the beginning @ off if there is a query
     query = String.trim_leading(query, "@")
 
diff --git a/test/user_test.exs b/test/user_test.exs
index 7dec3462f..231f1d94d 100644
--- a/test/user_test.exs
+++ b/test/user_test.exs
@@ -578,4 +578,16 @@ defmodule Pleroma.UserTest do
       assert cached_user != user
     end
   end
+
+  describe "User.search" do
+    test "finds a user, ranking by similarity" do
+      user = insert(:user, %{name: "lain"})
+      user_two = insert(:user, %{name: "ean"})
+      user_three = insert(:user, %{name: "ebn", nickname: "lain@mastodon.social"})
+      user_four = insert(:user, %{nickname: "lain@pleroma.soykaf.com"})
+
+      assert user_four ==
+               User.search("lain@ple") |> List.first() |> Map.put(:search_distance, nil)
+    end
+  end
 end