diff --git a/src/notes.ts b/src/notes.ts
index 6713730..957cdbf 100644
--- a/src/notes.ts
+++ b/src/notes.ts
@@ -22,16 +22,19 @@ export function resetNotesCache(): void {
 }
 
 export async function loadNotesCache(): Promise<void> {
-  if (settings.storeIndexInFile && await app.vault.adapter.exists(notesCacheFilePath)) {
+  if (
+    settings.storeIndexInFile &&
+    (await app.vault.adapter.exists(notesCacheFilePath))
+  ) {
     try {
       const json = await app.vault.adapter.read(notesCacheFilePath)
       notesCache = JSON.parse(json)
       console.log('Notes cache loaded from the file')
     }
-    catch(e) {
+    catch (e) {
       console.trace('Could not load Notes cache from the file')
       console.error(e)
-    } 
+    }
   }
 
   if (!notesCache) {
diff --git a/src/query.ts b/src/query.ts
index e6d0f5b..1bb8d2a 100644
--- a/src/query.ts
+++ b/src/query.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { stripSurroundingQuotes } from './utils'
+import { settings } from './settings'
+import { removeDiacritics, stripSurroundingQuotes } from './utils'
 import { parseQuery } from './vendor/parse-query'
 
 type QueryToken = {
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ export class Query {
   public exclusions: QueryToken[] = []
 
   constructor(text = '') {
+    if (settings.ignoreDiacritics) text = removeDiacritics(text)
     const tokens = parseQuery(text.toLowerCase(), { tokenize: true })
     this.exclusions = tokens.exclude.text
       .map(this.formatToken)
@@ -48,5 +50,3 @@ export class Query {
     }
   }
 }
-
-
diff --git a/src/search.ts b/src/search.ts
index 0b2c8ab..461b6ac 100644
--- a/src/search.ts
+++ b/src/search.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import {
   getNonExistingNotesFromCache,
   loadNotesCache,
   saveNotesCacheToFile,
-  isCacheOutdated
+  isCacheOutdated,
 } from './notes'
 
 let minisearchInstance: MiniSearch<IndexedNote>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ const tokenize = (text: string): string[] => {
 export async function initGlobalSearchIndex(): Promise<void> {
   const options = {
     tokenize,
-    processTerm: term =>
+    processTerm: (term: string) =>
       settings.ignoreDiacritics ? removeDiacritics(term) : term,
     idField: 'path',
     fields: [
@@ -66,19 +66,22 @@ export async function initGlobalSearchIndex(): Promise<void> {
     ],
   }
 
-  if (settings.storeIndexInFile && await app.vault.adapter.exists(searchIndexFilePath)) {
+  if (
+    settings.storeIndexInFile &&
+    (await app.vault.adapter.exists(searchIndexFilePath))
+  ) {
     try {
       const json = await app.vault.adapter.read(searchIndexFilePath)
       minisearchInstance = MiniSearch.loadJSON(json, options)
       console.log('MiniSearch index loaded from the file')
       await loadNotesCache()
     }
-    catch(e) {
+    catch (e) {
       console.trace('Could not load MiniSearch index from the file')
       console.error(e)
     }
   }
-  
+
   if (!minisearchInstance) {
     minisearchInstance = new MiniSearch(options)
     resetNotesCache()
@@ -94,7 +97,8 @@ export async function initGlobalSearchIndex(): Promise<void> {
   if (settings.storeIndexInFile) {
     files = allFiles.filter(file => isCacheOutdated(file))
     notesSuffix = 'modified notes'
-  } else {
+  }
+  else {
     files = allFiles
     notesSuffix = 'notes'
   }
@@ -116,8 +120,8 @@ export async function initGlobalSearchIndex(): Promise<void> {
 
   if (files.length > 0) {
     const message = `Omnisearch - Indexed ${files.length} ${notesSuffix} in ${
-        new Date().getTime() - start
-      }ms`
+      new Date().getTime() - start
+    }ms`
 
     console.log(message)
 
diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
index 5e3d369..45f7892 100644
--- a/src/settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -71,17 +71,17 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
       )
 
     // Ignore diacritics
-    // new Setting(containerEl)
-    //   .setName('Ignore diacritics')
-    //   .setDesc(
-    //     'Normalize diacritics in search terms. Words like "brûlée" or "žluťoučký" will be indexed as "brulee" and "zlutoucky". Needs a restart to take effect.',
-    //   )
-    //   .addToggle(toggle =>
-    //     toggle.setValue(settings.ignoreDiacritics).onChange(async v => {
-    //       settings.ignoreDiacritics = v
-    //       await saveSettings(this.plugin)
-    //     }),
-    //   )
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName('Ignore diacritics')
+      .setDesc(
+        'EXPERIMENTAL - Normalize diacritics in search terms. Words like "brûlée" or "žluťoučký" will be indexed as "brulee" and "zlutoucky". Needs a restart to take effect.',
+      )
+      .addToggle(toggle =>
+        toggle.setValue(settings.ignoreDiacritics).onChange(async v => {
+          settings.ignoreDiacritics = v
+          await saveSettings(this.plugin)
+        }),
+      )
 
     new Setting(containerEl)
       .setName('Store index in file')
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export class SettingsTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: OmnisearchSettings = {
   respectExcluded: true,
   reindexInRealTime: false,
-  ignoreDiacritics: true,
+  ignoreDiacritics: false,
 
   showIndexingNotices: false,
   showShortName: false,