diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/557.fixed.md b/doc/changelog.d/557.fixed.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..120930405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/557.fixed.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fix: add the default search options in the config env
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d9d7925ca..c8f3f0cfe 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
 [project]
 # Check https://flit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pyproject_toml.html for all available sections
 name = "ansys-sphinx-theme"
-version = "1.1.5"
+version = "1.1.6"
 description = "A theme devised by ANSYS, Inc. for Sphinx documentation."
 readme = "README.rst"
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<4"
diff --git a/src/ansys_sphinx_theme/search/__init__.py b/src/ansys_sphinx_theme/search/__init__.py
index b2f756d3f..4dd1dce1a 100644
--- a/src/ansys_sphinx_theme/search/__init__.py
+++ b/src/ansys_sphinx_theme/search/__init__.py
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ def update_search_config(app: Sphinx) -> None:
     """
     theme_static_options = app.config.html_theme_options.get("static_search", {})
     theme_static_options["keys"] = ["title", "text"]
-    theme_static_options["threshold"] = theme_static_options.get("threshold", 0.5)
+    theme_static_options["threshold"] = theme_static_options.get("threshold", 0.2)
     theme_static_options["limit"] = theme_static_options.get("limit", 10)
+    app.config.html_theme_options["static_search"] = theme_static_options
 
 
 __all__ = ["create_search_index", "update_search_config"]