diff --git a/src/components/composables/ModFiltersComposable.ts b/src/components/composables/ModFiltersComposable.ts
index f6738dc6c..552eb9f3d 100644
--- a/src/components/composables/ModFiltersComposable.ts
+++ b/src/components/composables/ModFiltersComposable.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import SortingStyle from '../../model/enums/SortingStyle';
 import ThunderstoreMod from '../../model/ThunderstoreMod';
 import { getStore } from '../../providers/generic/store/StoreProvider';
 import { State } from '../../store';
-import SearchUtils from '../../utils/SearchUtils';
+import SearchUtils, { ExactSearchMatchRank } from '../../utils/SearchUtils';
 
 const store = getStore<State>();
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const filteredMods = ref<ThunderstoreMod[]>([]);
 const filteredModCount = ref(0);
 
 function runFilter() {
-    let result = sortedMods.value;
+    let result = sortedMods.value as ThunderstoreMod[];
 
     const searchKeys = SearchUtils.makeKeys(searchFilter.value);
     if (searchKeys.length > 0) {
@@ -44,10 +44,53 @@ function runFilter() {
         result = result.filter(x => filterAll.every(c => x.getCategories().includes(c)));
     }
 
+    if (store.state.modFilters.sortBehaviour === SortingStyle.RELEVANCE) {
+        result = bumpExactMatches(result, searchFilter.value.trim().toLowerCase());
+    }
+
     filteredMods.value = result;
     filteredModCount.value = result.length;
 }
 
+function bumpExactMatches(mods: ThunderstoreMod[], query: string): ThunderstoreMod[] {
+    if (query.length === 0) {
+        return mods;
+    }
+
+    const nameMatches: ThunderstoreMod[] = [];
+    const authorMatches: ThunderstoreMod[] = [];
+    const softNameMatches: ThunderstoreMod[] = [];
+    const softAuthorMatches: ThunderstoreMod[] = [];
+    const others: ThunderstoreMod[] = [];
+
+    for (const mod of mods) {
+        const rank = SearchUtils.getExactMatchRank(query, mod.getName(), mod.getFullName(), mod.getOwner());
+        switch (rank) {
+            case ExactSearchMatchRank.NAME:
+                nameMatches.push(mod);
+                break;
+            case ExactSearchMatchRank.AUTHOR:
+                authorMatches.push(mod);
+                break;
+            case ExactSearchMatchRank.SOFT_NAME:
+                softNameMatches.push(mod);
+                break;
+            case ExactSearchMatchRank.SOFT_AUTHOR:
+                softAuthorMatches.push(mod);
+                break;
+            default:
+                others.push(mod);
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    const relevanceMatches = [...nameMatches, ...authorMatches, ...softNameMatches, ...softAuthorMatches];
+    if (relevanceMatches.length === 0) {
+        return mods;
+    }
+    return [...relevanceMatches, ...others];
+}
+
 function runSort() {
     const sortDescending = store.state.modFilters.sortDirection === SortDirection.STANDARD;
     const sorted = [...store.state.tsMods.mods];
@@ -66,7 +109,7 @@ function runSort() {
             case SortingStyle.RATING:
                 result = a.getRating() < b.getRating();
                 break;
-            default:
+            default: // case SortingStyle.RELEVANCE
                 result = true;
                 break;
         }
diff --git a/src/model/enums/SortingStyle.ts b/src/model/enums/SortingStyle.ts
index a4e1b1a09..40d2e6b82 100644
--- a/src/model/enums/SortingStyle.ts
+++ b/src/model/enums/SortingStyle.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 export default {
-    DEFAULT: 'Default',
+    RELEVANCE: 'Relevance',
     LAST_UPDATED: 'Last updated',
     ALPHABETICAL: 'Alphabetical',
     DOWNLOADS: 'Download count',
     RATING: 'Rating',
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/src/store/modules/ModFilterModule.ts b/src/store/modules/ModFilterModule.ts
index b8d4d7d80..dc33cfd00 100644
--- a/src/store/modules/ModFilterModule.ts
+++ b/src/store/modules/ModFilterModule.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export default {
         selectedCategoriesToExclude: [],
         showDeprecatedPackages: false,
         sortDirection: SortDirection.STANDARD,
-        sortBehaviour: SortingStyle.DEFAULT
+        sortBehaviour: SortingStyle.RELEVANCE
     }),
 
     getters: <GetterTree<State, RootState>>{
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export default {
             state.selectedCategoriesCompareAll = [];
             state.selectedCategoriesToExclude = [];
             state.sortDirection = SortDirection.STANDARD;
-            state.sortBehaviour = SortingStyle.DEFAULT;
+            state.sortBehaviour = SortingStyle.RELEVANCE;
         },
 
         selectCategoryToCompareOne: function(state: State, category: string) {
diff --git a/src/utils/SearchUtils.ts b/src/utils/SearchUtils.ts
index c47541048..fe2d17a58 100644
--- a/src/utils/SearchUtils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/SearchUtils.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
+export enum ExactSearchMatchRank {
+    NONE = 0,
+    AUTHOR = 1,
+    NAME = 2,
+    SOFT_AUTHOR = 3,
+    SOFT_NAME = 4,
+}
+
+const softMatcher = new RegExp(' |_', 'g');
+
 export default class SearchUtils {
     public static makeKeys(search: string) {
-        return search.trim().toLowerCase().split(' ');
+        console.log(search.trim().toLowerCase().split(softMatcher));
+        return search.trim().toLowerCase().split(softMatcher);
     }
 
     public static isSearched(keys: string[], name: string, description?: string) {
-        name = name.toLowerCase();
+        name = name.replaceAll(softMatcher, '').toLowerCase();
         if (description) {
             description = description.toLowerCase();
         } else {
@@ -12,4 +23,31 @@ export default class SearchUtils {
         }
         return keys.every(i => name.indexOf(i) >= 0 || description.indexOf(i) >= 0);
     }
+
+    public static getExactMatchRank(query: string, name: string, fullName: string, author: string): ExactSearchMatchRank {
+        if (query.length === 0) {
+            return ExactSearchMatchRank.NONE;
+        }
+        if (name.toLowerCase() === query || fullName.toLowerCase() === query) {
+            return ExactSearchMatchRank.NAME;
+        }
+        if (author.toLowerCase() === query) {
+            return ExactSearchMatchRank.AUTHOR;
+        }
+
+        const softQuery = query.replaceAll(softMatcher, '').toLowerCase();
+        const softName = name.replaceAll(softMatcher, '');
+        const softFullName = fullName.replaceAll(softMatcher, '');
+        const softAuthor = author.replaceAll(softMatcher, '');
+
+        if (softName.toLowerCase() === softQuery || softFullName.toLowerCase() === softQuery) {
+            console.log('Soft name match');
+            return ExactSearchMatchRank.SOFT_NAME;
+        }
+        if (softAuthor.toLowerCase() === softQuery) {
+            return ExactSearchMatchRank.SOFT_AUTHOR;
+        }
+
+        return ExactSearchMatchRank.NONE;
+    }
 }