diff --git a/saury b/saury
index 9bd30bc..7e60fc5 100755
--- a/saury
+++ b/saury
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ end
 function aur_search
     set query $argv
 
-    if test (string length "$query") -lt 1
+    if test (string length "$query") -lt 2
         error "search query must be at least 2 characters long"
     end