diff --git a/src/settings/index.ts b/src/settings/index.ts
index 3fba2ea..4590d4b 100644
--- a/src/settings/index.ts
+++ b/src/settings/index.ts
@@ -125,12 +125,12 @@ export function getDefaultSettings(app: App): OmnisearchSettings {
     fuzziness: '1',
 
     weightBasename: 10,
-    weightDirectory: 7,
-    weightH1: 6,
-    weightH2: 5,
-    weightH3: 4,
-    weightH4: 3,
-    weightColonHeadings: 2,
+    weightDirectory: 8,
+    weightH1: 7,
+    weightH2: 6,
+    weightH3: 5,
+    weightH4: 4,
+    weightColonHeadings: 3,
     weightUnmarkedTags: 2,
     weightCustomProperties: [] as { name: string; weight: number }[],
 
diff --git a/src/settings/settings-weighting.ts b/src/settings/settings-weighting.ts
index 80a3d7a..402a527 100644
--- a/src/settings/settings-weighting.ts
+++ b/src/settings/settings-weighting.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export function injectSettingsWeighting(
     cb: SliderComponent,
     key: keyof WeightingSettings
   ): void {
-    cb.setLimits(1, 10, 0.5)
+    cb.setLimits(1, 20, 0.5)
       .setValue(settings[key])
       .setDynamicTooltip()
       .onChange(async v => {
diff --git a/tools/plugin-search.ts b/tools/plugin-search.ts
index bbf83c4..bc75730 100644
--- a/tools/plugin-search.ts
+++ b/tools/plugin-search.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import type { IndexedDocument } from '../src/globals'
 type Note = { path: string; basename: string; text: string }
 
 const defaults: any = {
-  fuzziness: '1', weightBasename: 10, weightDirectory: 7, weightH1: 6,
-  weightH2: 5, weightH3: 4, weightH4: 3, weightColonHeadings: 2, weightUnmarkedTags: 2, recencyBoost: '0',
+  fuzziness: '1', weightBasename: 10, weightDirectory: 8, weightH1: 7,
+  weightH2: 6, weightH3: 5, weightH4: 4, weightColonHeadings: 3, weightUnmarkedTags: 2, recencyBoost: '0',
   downrankedFoldersFilters: [], hideExcluded: false, weightCustomProperties: [],
   ignoreDiacritics: true, ignoreArabicDiacritics: false, simpleSearch: false,
   maxEmbeds: 5, renderLineReturnInExcerpts: true, highlight: true,