diff --git a/quickshell/Common/fzf.js b/quickshell/Common/fzf.js
index 995a093c..94946e66 100644
--- a/quickshell/Common/fzf.js
+++ b/quickshell/Common/fzf.js
@@ -1249,7 +1249,7 @@ const defaultOpts = {
 };
 class Finder {
   constructor(list, ...optionsTuple) {
-    this.opts = Object.assign(defaultOpts, optionsTuple[0]);
+    this.opts = Object.assign({}, defaultOpts, optionsTuple[0]);
     this.items = list;
     this.runesList = list.map((item) => strToRunes(this.opts.selector(item).normalize()));
     this.algoFn = exactMatchNaive;
@@ -1283,12 +1283,13 @@ function postProcessResultItems(result, opts) {
   if (opts.sort) {
     const { selector } = opts;
     result.sort((a, b) => {
-      if (a.score === b.score) {
-        for (const tiebreaker of opts.tiebreakers) {
-          const diff = tiebreaker(a, b, selector);
-          if (diff !== 0) {
-            return diff;
-          }
+      if (a.score !== b.score) {
+        return b.score - a.score;
+      }
+      for (const tiebreaker of opts.tiebreakers) {
+        const diff = tiebreaker(a, b, selector);
+        if (diff !== 0) {
+          return diff;
         }
       }
       return 0;
diff --git a/quickshell/Widgets/DankDropdown.qml b/quickshell/Widgets/DankDropdown.qml
index 5dd76671..05b962a0 100644
--- a/quickshell/Widgets/DankDropdown.qml
+++ b/quickshell/Widgets/DankDropdown.qml
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ Item {
         dropdownMenu.close();
     }
 
+    function resetSearch() {
+        searchField.text = "";
+        dropdownMenu.fzfFinder = null;
+        dropdownMenu.searchQuery = "";
+        dropdownMenu.selectedIndex = -1;
+    }
+
     width: compactMode ? dropdownWidth : parent.width
     implicitHeight: compactMode ? 40 : Math.max(60, labelColumn.implicitHeight + Theme.spacingM)
 
@@ -206,7 +213,9 @@ Item {
             fzfFinder = new Fzf.Finder(root.options, {
                 "selector": option => option,
                 "limit": 50,
-                "casing": "case-insensitive"
+                "casing": "case-insensitive",
+                "sort": true,
+                "tiebreakers": [(a, b, selector) => selector(a.item).length - selector(b.item).length]
             });
         }
 
@@ -233,9 +242,14 @@ Item {
         }
 
         onOpened: {
-            fzfFinder = null;
-            searchQuery = "";
             selectedIndex = -1;
+            if (searchField.text.length > 0) {
+                initFinder();
+                searchQuery = searchField.text;
+            } else {
+                fzfFinder = null;
+                searchQuery = "";
+            }
         }
 
         parent: Overlay.overlay