diff --git a/dist/javascript/SearchHighlight.js b/dist/javascript/SearchHighlight.js
index 12660507c22fd8c4d3dbde71342e95ca0ef923b0..9c72c169420e5d1e370049594207e25d956f8451 100644
--- a/dist/javascript/SearchHighlight.js
+++ b/dist/javascript/SearchHighlight.js
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
     buildReplaceTools : function(query) {
         var re = [], regex;
         $.each(query,function(i,n){
-            if(SearchHighlight.options.min_length && n.length>=SearchHighlight.options.min_length)
+            if(!SearchHighlight.options.min_length || n.length>=SearchHighlight.options.min_length)
               if(n = SearchHighlight.replaceAccent(n).replace(SearchHighlight.escapeRegEx,"$1\\$2"))
                 re.push(n);        
         });