diff --git a/services/sofiia-console/app/docs_store.py b/services/sofiia-console/app/docs_store.py
index 408059d0..86041a3a 100644
--- a/services/sofiia-console/app/docs_store.py
+++ b/services/sofiia-console/app/docs_store.py
@@ -181,14 +181,15 @@ async def search_docs(
     params.append(limit)
 
     try:
-        # FTS5: snippet(build, col_idx, left, right, ellipsis, max_tokens)
-        # columns: 0=chunk_id, 1=path, 2=heading, 3=content → snippet column 3
+        # FTS5: bm25 (lower = better), snippet; ORDER BY bm25 ASC for best-first
         async with conn.execute(
             f"""
-            SELECT f.path, f.title, snippet(docs_chunks_fts, 3, '**', '**', '...', {_SNIPPET_LEN//5}) AS snippet
+            SELECT f.path, f.title, snippet(docs_chunks_fts, 3, '**', '**', '...', {_SNIPPET_LEN//5}) AS snippet,
+                   bm25(docs_chunks_fts) AS score
             FROM docs_chunks_fts AS fts
             JOIN docs_files f ON f.path = fts.path
             WHERE docs_chunks_fts MATCH ? {type_filter}
+            ORDER BY bm25(docs_chunks_fts) ASC
             LIMIT ?
             """,
             params,
@@ -198,10 +199,15 @@ async def search_docs(
         logger.warning("FTS search failed, fallback to LIKE: %s", e)
         return await _search_docs_like(q_clean, doc_type, limit)
 
-    result = [
-        {"path": r[0], "title": r[1] or "", "snippet": (r[2] or "").strip(), "score": 1.0}
-        for r in (rows or [])
-    ]
+    result = []
+    for r in (rows or []):
+        score_val = float(r[3]) if r[3] is not None and len(r) > 3 else 0.0
+        result.append({
+            "path": r[0],
+            "title": r[1] or "",
+            "snippet": (r[2] or "").strip(),
+            "score": score_val,
+        })
     if not result:
         return await _search_docs_like(q_clean, doc_type, limit)
     return result
@@ -232,7 +238,7 @@ async def _search_docs_like(
     ) as cur:
         rows = await cur.fetchall()
     return [
-        {"path": r[0], "title": r[1] or "", "snippet": (r[2] or "").strip(), "score": 0.5}
+        {"path": r[0], "title": r[1] or "", "snippet": (r[2] or "").strip(), "score": None}
         for r in (rows or [])
     ]
 
diff --git a/tests/test_sofiia_docs_search.py b/tests/test_sofiia_docs_search.py
index d892df59..ad160b53 100644
--- a/tests/test_sofiia_docs_search.py
+++ b/tests/test_sofiia_docs_search.py
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ def test_runbooks_search_finds_rehearsal(sofiia_module, tmp_path, tmp_docs_with_
     assert any("rehearsal" in p for p in paths), f"Expected path containing 'rehearsal', got {paths}"
     first = items[0]
     assert "path" in first and "title" in first and "snippet" in first
+    assert "score" in first
+    assert first["score"] is None or isinstance(first["score"], (int, float))
 
 
 def test_runbooks_preview_returns_headings(sofiia_module, sofiia_client, tmp_path, tmp_docs_with_rehearsal, monkeypatch):