diff --git a/src/search/omnisearch.ts b/src/search/omnisearch.ts
index 963a0b3..c9a3421 100644
--- a/src/search/omnisearch.ts
+++ b/src/search/omnisearch.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class Omnisearch {
   public static readonly options: Options<IndexedDocument> = {
     tokenize,
     extractField: (doc, fieldName) => {
-      if (fieldName === 'folder') {
+      if (fieldName === 'directory') {
         // return path without the filename
         const parts = doc.path.split('/')
         parts.pop()
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class Omnisearch {
     fields: [
       'basename',
       // Different from `path`, since `path` is the unique index and needs to include the filename
-      'folder',
+      'directory',
       'aliases',
       'content',
       'headings1',
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ export class Omnisearch {
       combineWith: 'AND',
       boost: {
         basename: settings.weightBasename,
+        directory: settings.weightDirectory,
         aliases: settings.weightBasename,
         headings1: settings.weightH1,
         headings2: settings.weightH2,
diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index d2ed971..f3778a0 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import type OmnisearchPlugin from './main'
 
 interface WeightingSettings {
   weightBasename: number
+  weightDirectory: number
   weightH1: number
   weightH2: number
   weightH3: number
@@ -318,6 +319,10 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
       )
       .addSlider(cb => this.weightSlider(cb, 'weightBasename'))
 
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName(`File directory (default: ${DEFAULT_SETTINGS.weightDirectory})`)
+      .addSlider(cb => this.weightSlider(cb, 'weightDirectory'))
+
     new Setting(containerEl)
       .setName(`Headings level 1 (default: ${DEFAULT_SETTINGS.weightH1})`)
       .addSlider(cb => this.weightSlider(cb, 'weightH1'))
@@ -383,7 +388,8 @@ export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: OmnisearchSettings = {
   showPreviousQueryResults: true,
   simpleSearch: false,
 
-  weightBasename: 2,
+  weightBasename: 3,
+  weightDirectory: 2,
   weightH1: 1.5,
   weightH2: 1.3,
   weightH3: 1.1,