diff --git a/query/view/boost_exact_matches.js b/query/view/boost_exact_matches.js
index 75929751..7284f435 100644
--- a/query/view/boost_exact_matches.js
+++ b/query/view/boost_exact_matches.js
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ module.exports = function( includePartialTokens ){
     vsCopy.var('phrase:analyzer').set(searchDefaults['phrase:analyzer']);
     vsCopy.var('phrase:field').set(searchDefaults['phrase:field']);
 
+    if (includePartialTokens) {
+      vsCopy.var('phrase:boost').set(searchDefaults['phrase:boost'] * 0.5);
+    }
+
     // get a copy of only the *complete* tokens produced from the input:name
     var tokens = vs.var('input:name:tokens_complete').get();
 
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_boundary_country.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_boundary_country.js
index 7459ec85..c9645e63 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_boundary_country.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_boundary_country.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ module.exports = {
         'match': {
           'phrase.default': {
             'analyzer': 'peliasPhrase',
-            'boost': 1,
+            'boost': 0.5,
             'slop': 3,
             'query': 'test',
             'type': 'phrase'
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_bbox_san_francisco.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_bbox_san_francisco.js
index 3c6fe644..4853f95d 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_bbox_san_francisco.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_bbox_san_francisco.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module.exports = {
           'phrase.default': {
             'analyzer': 'peliasPhrase',
             'type': 'phrase',
-            'boost': 1,
+            'boost': 0.5,
             'slop': 3,
             'query': 'test'
           }
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_final_token.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_final_token.js
index 2c9fe7eb..44194ea8 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_final_token.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_final_token.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module.exports = {
         'match': {
           'phrase.default': {
             'analyzer': 'peliasPhrase',
-            'boost': 1,
+            'boost': 0.5,
             'slop': 3,
             'query': 'one t',
             'type': 'phrase'
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus.js
index 781c9b7b..bcfc85e6 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module.exports = {
         'match': {
           'phrase.default': {
             'analyzer': 'peliasPhrase',
-            'boost': 1,
+            'boost': 0.5,
             'slop': 3,
             'query': 'test',
             'type': 'phrase'
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus_null_island.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus_null_island.js
index 1be210e1..4217ff74 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus_null_island.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_focus_null_island.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module.exports = {
         'match': {
           'phrase.default': {
             'analyzer': 'peliasPhrase',
-            'boost': 1,
+            'boost': 0.5,
             'slop': 3,
             'query': 'test',
             'type': 'phrase'
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_multiple_tokens.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_multiple_tokens.js
index 117bf570..64802eae 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_multiple_tokens.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_multiple_tokens.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module.exports = {
             'phrase.default': {
               'analyzer' : 'peliasPhrase',
               'type' : 'phrase',
-              'boost' : 1,
+              'boost' : 0.5,
               'slop' : 3,
               'query' : 'one two three'
             }
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_only.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_only.js
index dadeb9e9..7c4cbf06 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_only.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_linguistic_only.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module.exports = {
           'phrase.default': {
             'analyzer': 'peliasPhrase',
             'type': 'phrase',
-            'boost': 1,
+            'boost': 0.5,
             'slop': 3,
             'query': 'test'
           }
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_with_layer_filtering.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_with_layer_filtering.js
index 509f8561..f7330d44 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_with_layer_filtering.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_with_layer_filtering.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module.exports = {
         'match': {
           'phrase.default': {
             'analyzer': 'peliasPhrase',
-            'boost': 1,
+            'boost': 0.5,
             'slop': 3,
             'query': 'test',
             'type': 'phrase'
diff --git a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_with_source_filtering.js b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_with_source_filtering.js
index 00d7c21a..f47a2663 100644
--- a/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_with_source_filtering.js
+++ b/test/unit/fixture/autocomplete_with_source_filtering.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ module.exports = {
         'match': {
           'phrase.default': {
             'analyzer': 'peliasPhrase',
-            'boost': 1,
+            'boost': 0.5,
             'slop': 3,
             'query': 'test',
             'type': 'phrase'