diff --git a/packages/tui/src/fuzzy.ts b/packages/tui/src/fuzzy.ts
index 09410238..35df468a 100644
--- a/packages/tui/src/fuzzy.ts
+++ b/packages/tui/src/fuzzy.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ export function fuzzyMatch(query: string, text: string): FuzzyMatch {
 			return { matches: false, score: 0 };
 		}
 
+		if (normalizedQuery === textLower) {
+			score -= 100;
+		}
+
 		return { matches: true, score };
 	};
 
diff --git a/packages/tui/test/fuzzy.test.ts b/packages/tui/test/fuzzy.test.ts
index e3e7d1e8..e784e49c 100644
--- a/packages/tui/test/fuzzy.test.ts
+++ b/packages/tui/test/fuzzy.test.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,13 @@ describe("fuzzyFilter", () => {
 		assert.strictEqual(result[0], "app");
 	});
 
+	it("prioritizes exact matches over longer prefix matches", () => {
+		const items = ["clone", "cl"];
+		const result = fuzzyFilter(items, "cl", (x: string) => x);
+
+		assert.deepStrictEqual(result, ["cl", "clone"]);
+	});
+
 	it("works with custom getText function", () => {
 		const items = [
 			{ name: "foo", id: 1 },