diff --git a/src/__tests__/query-tests.ts b/src/__tests__/query-tests.ts
index 8ef016e..b2a5b42 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/query-tests.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/query-tests.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ describe('The Query class', () => {
 
   it('should correctly parse string queries', () => {
     // Act
-    const query = new Query(stringQuery, { ignoreDiacritics: true })
+    const query = new Query(stringQuery, {
+      ignoreDiacritics: true,
+      ignoreArabicDiacritics: true,
+    })
 
     // Assert
     const segments = query.query.text
@@ -25,7 +28,10 @@ describe('The Query class', () => {
 
   it('should not exclude words when there is no space before', () => {
     // Act
-    const query = new Query('foo bar-baz', { ignoreDiacritics: true })
+    const query = new Query('foo bar-baz', {
+      ignoreDiacritics: true,
+      ignoreArabicDiacritics: true,
+    })
 
     // Assert
     expect(query.query.exclude.text).toHaveLength(0)
@@ -34,7 +40,10 @@ describe('The Query class', () => {
   describe('.getExactTerms()', () => {
     it('should an array of strings containg "exact" values', () => {
       // Act
-      const query = new Query(stringQuery, { ignoreDiacritics: true })
+      const query = new Query(stringQuery, {
+        ignoreDiacritics: true,
+        ignoreArabicDiacritics: true,
+      })
 
       // Assert
       expect(query.getExactTerms()).toEqual(['lorem ipsum', 'sit amet'])
diff --git a/src/components/ModalVault.svelte b/src/components/ModalVault.svelte
index 8f17a75..e992d99 100644
--- a/src/components/ModalVault.svelte
+++ b/src/components/ModalVault.svelte
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@
     }
     query = new Query(searchQuery, {
       ignoreDiacritics: plugin.settings.ignoreDiacritics,
+      ignoreArabicDiacritics: plugin.settings.ignoreArabicDiacritics,
     })
     cancelableQuery = cancelable(
       new Promise(resolve => {
diff --git a/src/tools/api.ts b/src/tools/api.ts
index 7761c8a..5a480e6 100644
--- a/src/tools/api.ts
+++ b/src/tools/api.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ export function getApi(plugin: OmnisearchPlugin) {
     async search(q: string): Promise<ResultNoteApi[]> {
       const query = new Query(q, {
         ignoreDiacritics: plugin.settings.ignoreDiacritics,
+        ignoreArabicDiacritics: plugin.settings.ignoreArabicDiacritics,
       })
       const raw = await plugin.searchEngine.getSuggestions(query)
       return mapResults(plugin, raw)