diff --git a/app/scenes/Document/components/DataLoader.js b/app/scenes/Document/components/DataLoader.js
index f8d99c76..03d97ce0 100644
--- a/app/scenes/Document/components/DataLoader.js
+++ b/app/scenes/Document/components/DataLoader.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 import distanceInWordsToNow from "date-fns/distance_in_words_to_now";
 import invariant from "invariant";
+import { deburr, sortBy } from "lodash";
 import { observable } from "mobx";
 import { observer, inject } from "mobx-react";
 import * as React from "react";
@@ -97,20 +98,26 @@ class DataLoader extends React.Component<Props> {
     }
 
     // default search for anything that doesn't look like a URL
-    const results = await this.props.documents.search(term);
+    const results = await this.props.documents.searchTitles(term);
 
-    return results
-      .filter((result) => result.document.title)
-      .map((result) => {
-        const time = distanceInWordsToNow(result.document.updatedAt, {
+    return sortBy(
+      results.map((document) => {
+        const time = distanceInWordsToNow(document.updatedAt, {
           addSuffix: true,
         });
         return {
-          title: result.document.title,
+          title: document.title,
           subtitle: `Updated ${time}`,
-          url: result.document.url,
+          url: document.url,
         };
-      });
+      }),
+      (document) =>
+        deburr(document.title)
+          .toLowerCase()
+          .startsWith(deburr(term).toLowerCase())
+          ? -1
+          : 1
+    );
   };
 
   onCreateLink = async (title: string) => {
diff --git a/app/stores/DocumentsStore.js b/app/stores/DocumentsStore.js
index 61ec9e6c..1ddada7e 100644
--- a/app/stores/DocumentsStore.js
+++ b/app/stores/DocumentsStore.js
@@ -312,12 +312,25 @@ export default class DocumentsStore extends BaseStore<Document> {
     return this.fetchNamedPage("list", options);
   };
 
+  @action
+  searchTitles = async (query: string, options: PaginationParams = {}) => {
+    const res = await client.get("/documents.search_titles", {
+      query,
+      ...options,
+    });
+    invariant(res && res.data, "Search response should be available");
+
+    // add the documents and associated policies to the store
+    res.data.forEach(this.add);
+    this.addPolicies(res.policies);
+    return res.data;
+  };
+
   @action
   search = async (
     query: string,
     options: PaginationParams = {}
   ): Promise<SearchResult[]> => {
-    // $FlowFixMe
     const compactedOptions = omitBy(options, (o) => !o);
     const res = await client.get("/documents.search", {
       ...compactedOptions,
@@ -464,7 +477,7 @@ export default class DocumentsStore extends BaseStore<Document> {
       { key: "title", value: title },
       { key: "publish", value: options.publish },
       { key: "file", value: file },
-    ].map((info) => {
+    ].forEach((info) => {
       if (typeof info.value === "string" && info.value) {
         formData.append(info.key, info.value);
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4cdfebe4..3947fb10 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
     "react-portal": "^4.0.0",
     "react-router-dom": "^5.1.2",
     "react-waypoint": "^9.0.2",
-    "rich-markdown-editor": "^11.0.0-8",
+    "rich-markdown-editor": "^11.0.0-9",
     "semver": "^7.3.2",
     "sequelize": "^6.3.4",
     "sequelize-cli": "^6.2.0",
diff --git a/server/api/documents.js b/server/api/documents.js
index 6d13304b..44e54b2a 100644
--- a/server/api/documents.js
+++ b/server/api/documents.js
@@ -551,6 +551,52 @@ router.post("documents.restore", auth(), async (ctx) => {
   };
 });
 
+router.post("documents.search_titles", auth(), pagination(), async (ctx) => {
+  const { query } = ctx.body;
+  const { offset, limit } = ctx.state.pagination;
+  const user = ctx.state.user;
+  ctx.assertPresent(query, "query is required");
+
+  const collectionIds = await user.collectionIds();
+
+  const documents = await Document.scope(
+    {
+      method: ["withViews", user.id],
+    },
+    {
+      method: ["withCollection", user.id],
+    }
+  ).findAll({
+    where: {
+      title: {
+        [Op.iLike]: `%${query}%`,
+      },
+      collectionId: collectionIds,
+      archivedAt: {
+        [Op.eq]: null,
+      },
+    },
+    order: [["updatedAt", "DESC"]],
+    include: [
+      { model: User, as: "createdBy", paranoid: false },
+      { model: User, as: "updatedBy", paranoid: false },
+    ],
+    offset,
+    limit,
+  });
+
+  const policies = presentPolicies(user, documents);
+  const data = await Promise.all(
+    documents.map((document) => presentDocument(document))
+  );
+
+  ctx.body = {
+    pagination: ctx.state.pagination,
+    data,
+    policies,
+  };
+});
+
 router.post("documents.search", auth(), pagination(), async (ctx) => {
   const {
     query,
diff --git a/server/api/documents.test.js b/server/api/documents.test.js
index e2494145..176215d8 100644
--- a/server/api/documents.test.js
+++ b/server/api/documents.test.js
@@ -628,6 +628,56 @@ describe("#documents.drafts", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("#documents.search_titles", () => {
+  it("should return case insensitive results for partial query", async () => {
+    const user = await buildUser();
+    const document = await buildDocument({
+      userId: user.id,
+      teamId: user.teamId,
+      title: "Super secret",
+    });
+
+    const res = await server.post("/api/documents.search_titles", {
+      body: { token: user.getJwtToken(), query: "SECRET" },
+    });
+    const body = await res.json();
+
+    expect(res.status).toEqual(200);
+    expect(body.data.length).toEqual(1);
+    expect(body.data[0].id).toEqual(document.id);
+  });
+
+  it("should not include archived or deleted documents", async () => {
+    const user = await buildUser();
+    await buildDocument({
+      userId: user.id,
+      teamId: user.teamId,
+      title: "Super secret",
+      archivedAt: new Date(),
+    });
+
+    await buildDocument({
+      userId: user.id,
+      teamId: user.teamId,
+      title: "Super secret",
+      deletedAt: new Date(),
+    });
+
+    const res = await server.post("/api/documents.search_titles", {
+      body: { token: user.getJwtToken(), query: "SECRET" },
+    });
+    const body = await res.json();
+
+    expect(res.status).toEqual(200);
+    expect(body.data.length).toEqual(0);
+  });
+
+  it("should require authentication", async () => {
+    const res = await server.post("/api/documents.search_titles");
+    expect(res.status).toEqual(401);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("#documents.search", () => {
   it("should return results", async () => {
     const { user } = await seed();
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 434a288e..510194f2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -9887,10 +9887,10 @@ retry-as-promised@^3.2.0:
   dependencies:
     any-promise "^1.3.0"
 
-rich-markdown-editor@^11.0.0-8:
-  version "11.0.0-8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rich-markdown-editor/-/rich-markdown-editor-11.0.0-8.tgz#542a33963147077a3c01ba2f689f67714056bbb9"
-  integrity sha512-TTMVMr33CFlk+AkHKE2/nOZ4VRSwq0aOLodCYotztSwGAQ1a01znZmue1gn/VbIrF7/AtxZ/cnIs3p2hJr82bw==
+rich-markdown-editor@^11.0.0-9:
+  version "11.0.0-9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rich-markdown-editor/-/rich-markdown-editor-11.0.0-9.tgz#a7a4bfa09fca3cdf3168027e11fd9af46c708680"
+  integrity sha512-B1q6VbRF/6yjHsYMQEXjgjwPJCSU3mNEmLGsJOF+PZACII5ojg8bV51jGd4W1rTvbIzqnLK4iPWlAbn+hrMtXw==
   dependencies:
     copy-to-clipboard "^3.0.8"
     lodash "^4.17.11"