diff --git a/js/index.js b/js/index.js
index 549fd4b..db38810 100644
--- a/js/index.js
+++ b/js/index.js
@@ -680,6 +680,7 @@ function refreshLibrary(options) {
           Utils.searchRelevance(app.name, searchValue)*(app.shortName?1:2) +
           (app.shortName?Utils.searchRelevance(app.shortName, searchValue):0) + // if we have shortname, match on that as well
           Utils.searchRelevance(app.description, searchValue)/5 + // match on description, but pay less attention
+          (app.author?Utils.searchRelevance(app.author, searchValue)/3:0)+ //match by author, but less attention as well
           ((app.tags && app.tags.includes(searchValue))?10:0)
       }));
     } else {