diff --git a/bento_reference_service/db.py b/bento_reference_service/db.py
index 5a554ad..025367d 100644
--- a/bento_reference_service/db.py
+++ b/bento_reference_service/db.py
@@ -310,12 +310,10 @@ async def get_genome_features_by_ids(
             ) parents,
             (
                 WITH attrs_tmp AS (
-                    SELECT gfak.attr_key AS attr_key, array_agg(gfav.attr_val) attr_vals 
-                    FROM genome_feature_attributes gfa 
-                        JOIN genome_feature_attribute_keys gfak ON gfa.attr_key = gfak.id
-                        JOIN genome_feature_attribute_values gfav ON gfa.attr_val = gfav.id
-                    WHERE gfa.feature = gf.id
-                    GROUP BY gfak.attr_key
+                    SELECT gfav.attr_key, array_agg(attr_val) attr_vals 
+                    FROM genome_feature_attributes_view gfav
+                    WHERE gfav.feature = gf.id
+                    GROUP BY gfav.attr_key
                 )
                 SELECT jsonb_object_agg(attrs_tmp.attr_key, attrs_tmp.attr_vals) FROM attrs_tmp
             ) attributes
@@ -337,8 +335,9 @@ async def query_genome_features(
         g_id: str,
         /,
         q: str | None = None,
+        q_fzy: bool = False,
         name: str | None = None,
-        name_q: str | None = None,
+        name_fzy: bool = False,
         position: str | None = None,
         start: int | None = None,
         end: int | None = None,
@@ -348,7 +347,9 @@ async def query_genome_features(
     ) -> tuple[list[GenomeFeature], dict]:  # list of genome features + pagination dict object
         # TODO: refactor to use standard Bento search in the future, when Bento search makes more sense
 
+        gf_select_items: list[str] = []
         gf_where_items: list[str] = []
+        gf_order_items: list[str] = []
         gfe_where_items: list[str] = []
         q_params: list[str | int] = []
 
@@ -358,6 +359,7 @@ def _q_param(pv: str | int) -> str:
 
         if q:
             query_param = _q_param(q)
+            q_op = "%" if q_fzy else "~"
             gf_where_items.append(
                 f"""
                 gf.feature_id IN (
@@ -365,35 +367,33 @@ def _q_param(pv: str | int) -> str:
                         SELECT 
                             feature_id,
                             feature_name,
-                            feature_type,
-                            ({self._feature_inner_entries_query(None, "gf_tmp_1")}) entries,
-                            (
-                                SELECT array_agg(gfav.attr_val) 
-                                FROM genome_feature_attributes gfa 
-                                    JOIN genome_feature_attribute_keys gfak ON gfa.attr_key = gfak.id
-                                    JOIN genome_feature_attribute_values gfav ON gfa.attr_val = gfav.id
-                                WHERE gfa.feature = gf_tmp_1.id AND gfav.attr_val ~ {query_param}
-                            ) attributes
+                            feature_type
                         FROM genome_features gf_tmp_1
                         WHERE 
-                            gf_tmp_1.genome_id = $1
+                            gf_tmp_1.genome_id = $1 AND (
+                                gf_tmp_1.feature_id {q_op} {query_param}
+                                OR gf_tmp_1.feature_name {q_op} {query_param}
+                                OR EXISTS (
+                                    SELECT attr_val FROM genome_feature_attributes_view gfav 
+                                    WHERE gfav.feature = gf_tmp_1.id AND gfav.attr_val {q_op} {query_param}
+                                )
+                            )
                     ) gf_tmp_2
-                    WHERE 
-                        array_length(gf_tmp_2.attributes, 1) > 0 
-                        OR gf_tmp_2.feature_id ~ {query_param}
-                        OR gf_tmp_2.feature_name ~ {query_param}
                 )
             """
             )
 
         if name:
-            gf_where_items.append(f"gf.feature_name = {_q_param(name)}")
-
-        if name_q:
-            gf_where_items.append(f"gf.feature_name ~ {_q_param(name_q)}")
+            param = _q_param(name)
+            if name_fzy:
+                gf_select_items.append(f"similarity(gf.feature_name, {param}) gf_fn_sml")
+                gf_where_items.append(f"gf.feature_name % {param}")
+                gf_order_items.append("gf_fn_sml DESC")
+            else:
+                gf_where_items.append(f"gf.feature_name = {param}")
 
         if position:
-            gfe_where_items.append(f"gfe.position_text ~ {_q_param(position)}")
+            gfe_where_items.append(f"gfe.position_text ILIKE {_q_param(position + '%')}")
 
         if start is not None:
             gfe_where_items.append(f"gfe.start_pos >= {_q_param(start)}")
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ def _q_param(pv: str | int) -> str:
         gfe_where_clause = " AND ".join(gfe_where_items) if gfe_where_items else None
 
         id_query = f"""
-        SELECT feature_id FROM (
+        SELECT feature_id {", " + ", ".join(gf_select_items) if gf_select_items else ""} FROM (
             SELECT 
                 feature_id,
                 feature_name,
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ def _q_param(pv: str | int) -> str:
         WHERE 
             {"jsonb_array_length(gf.entries) > 0 AND" if gfe_where_clause else ""} 
             {where_clause}
+        {"ORDER BY " + ", ".join(gf_order_items) if gf_order_items else ""}
         OFFSET $2 
         LIMIT  $3
         """
diff --git a/bento_reference_service/routers/genomes.py b/bento_reference_service/routers/genomes.py
index 8e9f278..a51aff5 100644
--- a/bento_reference_service/routers/genomes.py
+++ b/bento_reference_service/routers/genomes.py
@@ -162,8 +162,9 @@ async def genomes_detail_features(
     db: DatabaseDependency,
     genome_id: str,
     q: str | None = None,
+    q_fzy: bool = False,
     name: str | None = None,
-    name_q: str | None = None,
+    name_fzy: bool = False,
     position: str | None = None,
     start: int | None = None,
     end: int | None = None,
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ async def genomes_detail_features(
     st = datetime.now()
 
     results, pagination = await db.query_genome_features(
-        genome_id, q, name, name_q, position, start, end, feature_type, offset, limit
+        genome_id, q, q_fzy, name, name_fzy, position, start, end, feature_type, offset, limit
     )
 
     return {
diff --git a/bento_reference_service/sql/schema.sql b/bento_reference_service/sql/schema.sql
index b305874..8a2d2e6 100644
--- a/bento_reference_service/sql/schema.sql
+++ b/bento_reference_service/sql/schema.sql
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS genome_feature_attributes_attr_key_idx
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS genome_feature_attributes_attr_val_idx
     ON genome_feature_attributes (feature, attr_val);
 
+CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW genome_feature_attributes_view AS
+    SELECT gfa.feature feature, gfak.attr_key attr_key, gfav.attr_val attr_val
+    FROM genome_feature_attributes gfa
+        JOIN genome_feature_attribute_keys gfak ON gfa.attr_key = gfak.id
+        JOIN genome_feature_attribute_values gfav ON gfa.attr_val = gfav.id;
+
 
 DO $$ BEGIN
     CREATE TYPE task_kind AS ENUM ('ingest_features');
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 8af7ae0..d15ea08 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ async def db_cleanup(db: Database):
             DROP TYPE IF EXISTS task_kind;
             DROP TYPE IF EXISTS task_status;
             
+            DROP VIEW genome_feature_attributes_view;
+            
             DROP INDEX IF EXISTS genome_features_feature_id_trgm_gin;
             DROP INDEX IF EXISTS genome_features_feature_name_trgm_gin;
             DROP INDEX IF EXISTS genome_feature_entries_position_text_trgm_gin;
diff --git a/tests/test_db.py b/tests/test_db.py
index 27f688d..8742858 100644
--- a/tests/test_db.py
+++ b/tests/test_db.py
@@ -112,11 +112,13 @@ async def test_genome_features_summary(db: Database, db_cleanup):
     [
         # SARS-CoV-2
         (SARS_COV_2_GENOME_ID, dict(name="ORF1ab"), 3),  # should get back 2 genes and 1 transcript
-        (SARS_COV_2_GENOME_ID, dict(name_q="ORF1"), 6),  # ORF1ab, ORF1a, ORF10
+        # ORF1ab, ORF1a, ORF10 should be top 6 results, but we get more back since it's fuzzy
+        # (ORF3a, ORF6, ORF7[a|b], ORF8):
+        (SARS_COV_2_GENOME_ID, dict(name="ORF1", name_fzy=True, limit=100), 16),
         (SARS_COV_2_GENOME_ID, dict(start=1, end=1000), 9),  # region + 8 related to ORF1ab
         (SARS_COV_2_GENOME_ID, dict(q="ORF1ab"), 3),
         (SARS_COV_2_GENOME_ID, dict(q="ENSSASG00005000002"), 1),
-        (SARS_COV_2_GENOME_ID, dict(q="protein_coding", limit=100), 24),
+        (SARS_COV_2_GENOME_ID, dict(q="protein_coding", q_fzy=True, limit=100), 24),
         # hg38 subset
         (HG38_CHR1_F100K_GENOME_ID, dict(position="chr1:11869-"), 3),
         (HG38_CHR1_F100K_GENOME_ID, dict(start=12000), 10),
diff --git a/tests/test_genome_routes.py b/tests/test_genome_routes.py
index cba98e0..a1dc078 100644
--- a/tests/test_genome_routes.py
+++ b/tests/test_genome_routes.py
@@ -266,25 +266,37 @@ async def test_genome_feature_endpoints(test_client: TestClient, aioresponse: ai
 
     # Test we can query genome features
     sr = test_client.get(f"/genomes/{genome.id}/feature_types")
+    assert sr.status_code == 200
     srd = sr.json()
     assert sum(srd.values()) == expected_features
 
     # Test we can query genome features
+
+    #  - regular expression
     sr = test_client.get(f"/genomes/{genome.id}/features", params={"q": "ENSSASP00005000003"})
+    assert sr.status_code == 200
     srd = sr.json()
     assert len(srd["results"]) == 1
     assert srd["pagination"]["total"] == 1
     assert isinstance(srd.get("time"), float)
     assert srd["time"] < 0.2  # this is a very basic operation on a small dataset and should be fast.
 
+    #  - fuzzy search
+    sr = test_client.get(f"/genomes/{genome.id}/features", params={"q": "ENSSASP00005000003", "q_fzy": "true"})
+    assert sr.status_code == 200
+    srd = sr.json()
+    assert len(srd["results"]) == 10  # fuzzy search yields many results
+
     # Test we can filter genome features (ID used as name)
     sr = test_client.get(f"/genomes/{genome.id}/features", params={"name": "CDS:ENSSASP00005000003"})
+    assert sr.status_code == 200
     srd = sr.json()
     assert len(srd["results"]) == 1
     assert srd["pagination"]["total"] == 1
 
     # Test we can list genome features - we get back the first 10
     sr = test_client.get(f"/genomes/{genome.id}/features")
+    assert sr.status_code == 200
     srd = sr.json()
     assert len(srd["results"]) == 10
     assert srd["pagination"]["offset"] == 0