diff --git a/framework/core/composer.json b/framework/core/composer.json
index 208bad0d4..b6f68c3bd 100644
--- a/framework/core/composer.json
+++ b/framework/core/composer.json
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@
         "wikimedia/less.php": "^3.2"
     },
     "require-dev": {
-        "flarum/testing": "^1.0.0"
+        "flarum/testing": "^1.0.0",
+        "symfony/var-dumper": "^6.0"
     },
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
diff --git a/framework/core/src/Discussion/Search/Gambit/FulltextGambit.php b/framework/core/src/Discussion/Search/Gambit/FulltextGambit.php
index 20cd7227e..b5c636b21 100644
--- a/framework/core/src/Discussion/Search/Gambit/FulltextGambit.php
+++ b/framework/core/src/Discussion/Search/Gambit/FulltextGambit.php
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ class FulltextGambit implements GambitInterface
         $query = $search->getQuery();
         $grammar = $query->getGrammar();
 
+        // We give discussion title search score a higher weight than post.
         $discussionSubquery = Discussion::select('id')
-            ->selectRaw('NULL as score')
+            ->selectRaw('MATCH('.$grammar->wrap('discussions.title').') AGAINST (?)*1.5 as score', [$bit])
             ->selectRaw('first_post_id as most_relevant_post_id')
             ->whereRaw('MATCH('.$grammar->wrap('discussions.title').') AGAINST (? IN BOOLEAN MODE)', [$bit]);
 
@@ -61,8 +62,7 @@ class FulltextGambit implements GambitInterface
             ->groupBy('discussions.id')
             ->addBinding($subquery->getBindings(), 'join');
 
-        $search->setDefaultSort(function ($query) use ($grammar, $bit) {
-            $query->orderByRaw('MATCH('.$grammar->wrap('discussions.title').') AGAINST (?) desc', [$bit]);
+        $search->setDefaultSort(function ($query) {
             $query->orderBy('posts_ft.score', 'desc');
         });
 
diff --git a/framework/core/tests/integration/api/discussions/ListWithFulltextSearchTest.php b/framework/core/tests/integration/api/discussions/ListWithFulltextSearchTest.php
index 81694aefa..fe13ec5fb 100644
--- a/framework/core/tests/integration/api/discussions/ListWithFulltextSearchTest.php
+++ b/framework/core/tests/integration/api/discussions/ListWithFulltextSearchTest.php
@@ -36,17 +36,19 @@ class ListWithFulltextSearchTest extends TestCase
             ['id' => 3, 'title' => 'not in title either', 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 1, 'comment_count' => 1],
             ['id' => 4, 'title' => 'not in title or text', 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 1, 'comment_count' => 1],
             ['id' => 5, 'title' => 'తెలుగు', 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 1, 'comment_count' => 1],
-            ['id' => 6, 'title' => '支持中文吗', 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 1, 'comment_count' => 1],
+            ['id' => 6, 'title' => '支持中文吗 acme', 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 1, 'comment_count' => 1],
+            ['id' => 7, 'title' => 'add "acme for life" module!', 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 1, 'comment_count' => 1],
         ]);
 
         $this->database()->table('posts')->insert([
             ['id' => 1, 'discussion_id' => 1, 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 1, 'type' => 'comment', 'content' => '<t><p>not in text</p></t>'],
             ['id' => 2, 'discussion_id' => 2, 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 1, 'type' => 'comment', 'content' => '<t><p>lightsail in text</p></t>'],
-            ['id' => 3, 'discussion_id' => 2, 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 1, 'type' => 'comment', 'content' => '<t><p>another lightsail for discussion 2!</p></t>'],
+            ['id' => 3, 'discussion_id' => 2, 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 1, 'type' => 'comment', 'content' => '<t><p>another lightsail for discussion 2! acme for life</p></t>'],
             ['id' => 4, 'discussion_id' => 3, 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 1, 'type' => 'comment', 'content' => '<t><p>just one lightsail for discussion 3.</p></t>'],
-            ['id' => 5, 'discussion_id' => 4, 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 1, 'type' => 'comment', 'content' => '<t><p>not in title or text</p></t>'],
+            ['id' => 5, 'discussion_id' => 4, 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 1, 'type' => 'comment', 'content' => '<t><p>not in title or text (acme)</p></t>'],
             ['id' => 6, 'discussion_id' => 4, 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 1, 'type' => 'comment', 'content' => '<t><p>తెలుగు</p></t>'],
             ['id' => 7, 'discussion_id' => 2, 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 1, 'type' => 'comment', 'content' => '<t><p>支持中文吗</p></t>'],
+            ['id' => 8, 'discussion_id' => 5, 'created_at' => Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString(), 'user_id' => 1, 'type' => 'comment', 'content' => '<t><p>some lorem ipsum acme dolor sit amet life kor for</p></t>'],
         ]);
 
         // We need to call these again, since we rolled back the transaction started by `::app()`.
@@ -87,6 +89,27 @@ class ListWithFulltextSearchTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertEqualsCanonicalizing(['2', '1', '3'], $ids, 'IDs do not match');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function search_prioritizes_title_search_score_over_post()
+    {
+        $response = $this->send(
+            $this->request('GET', '/api/discussions')
+                ->withQueryParams([
+                    'filter' => ['q' => 'acme for life'],
+                    'include' => 'mostRelevantPost',
+                ])
+        );
+
+        $data = json_decode($response->getBody()->getContents(), true);
+        $ids = array_map(function ($row) {
+            return $row['id'];
+        }, $data['data']);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(['7', '2', '5', '6', '4'], $ids, 'IDs do not match');
+    }
+
     /**
      * @test
      */