diff --git a/.changeset/fts-snippet-matched-column.md b/.changeset/fts-snippet-matched-column.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a471acd47c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fts-snippet-matched-column.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"emdash": patch
+---
+
+Fixes search snippets quoting the wrong field. An FTS5 index is laid out as `id UNINDEXED, locale UNINDEXED, ...searchable fields`, and `snippet()` was asked for column 2 — whichever field happens to be searchable first, usually the title. A match anywhere else came back as that first field's text with no highlight, so a hit in the body, an artist name, or a tracklist all rendered as the bare title and told the reader nothing about why the entry matched. Snippets now come from the column FTS5 actually matched, and a title match still quotes the title.
diff --git a/packages/core/src/search/query.ts b/packages/core/src/search/query.ts
index ed0f090644..e83db23fe0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/search/query.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/search/query.ts
@@ -307,7 +307,10 @@ async function searchSingleCollection(
 			c.slug,
 			c.locale,
 			${titleExpr} as title,
-			snippet("${sql.raw(ftsTable)}", 2, '<mark>', '</mark>', '...', 32) as snippet,
+			-- Column -1 lets FTS5 pick the column the query actually matched.
+			-- Hard-coding 2 (the first searchable field) meant a match in any
+			-- other field returned that first field's text, unhighlighted.
+			snippet("${sql.raw(ftsTable)}", -1, '<mark>', '</mark>', '...', 32) as snippet,
 			${sql.raw(bm25Expr)} as score
 		FROM "${sql.raw(ftsTable)}" f
 		JOIN "${sql.raw(contentTable)}" c ON f.id = c.id
@@ -339,10 +342,9 @@ async function searchSingleCollection(
 		slug: row.slug,
 		locale: row.locale,
 		title: row.title ?? undefined,
-		// SQLite's snippet() returns NULL when the targeted column is
-		// NULL for that row — even if the row matched via a different
-		// searchable column. Skip sanitization in that case so we don't
-		// throw on `null.replace`. The SearchResult.snippet field is
+		// SQLite's snippet() can still return NULL — for a row whose matched
+		// column holds no text, for instance. Skip sanitization in that case
+		// so we don't throw on `null.replace`. The SearchResult.snippet field is
 		// already optional, so omitting it is the documented contract.
 		snippet: row.snippet === null ? undefined : sanitizeSnippet(row.snippet),
 		score: Math.abs(row.score), // bm25 returns negative scores
diff --git a/packages/core/tests/integration/search/snippet-column.test.ts b/packages/core/tests/integration/search/snippet-column.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..345031787a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/tests/integration/search/snippet-column.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import type { Kysely } from "kysely";
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeEach, afterEach } from "vitest";
+
+import { ContentRepository } from "../../../src/database/repositories/content.js";
+import type { Database } from "../../../src/database/types.js";
+import { SchemaRegistry } from "../../../src/schema/registry.js";
+import { FTSManager } from "../../../src/search/fts-manager.js";
+import { searchWithDb } from "../../../src/search/query.js";
+import { createPostFixture } from "../../utils/fixtures.js";
+import { setupTestDatabaseWithCollections, teardownTestDatabase } from "../../utils/test-db.js";
+
+/**
+ * An FTS5 index is laid out as `id UNINDEXED, locale UNINDEXED, ...searchable
+ * fields`, so column 2 is whichever field happens to be searchable first.
+ * Asking `snippet()` for that fixed column returns the first field's text no
+ * matter which field the query matched — a hit in the body came back as the
+ * bare title, with no highlight, and told the reader nothing about why the
+ * entry matched.
+ *
+ * Passing -1 lets FTS5 pick the column that actually matched. These tests pin
+ * that: a body-only match must quote the body, and a title match must still
+ * quote the title.
+ */
+describe("search snippet column selection", () => {
+	let db: Kysely<Database>;
+	let repo: ContentRepository;
+
+	beforeEach(async () => {
+		db = await setupTestDatabaseWithCollections();
+		repo = new ContentRepository(db);
+
+		const registry = new SchemaRegistry(db);
+		const ftsManager = new FTSManager(db);
+		// `title` is registered first, so it owns column 2 — the column the
+		// snippet used to be pinned to.
+		await registry.updateField("post", "title", { searchable: true });
+		await registry.updateField("post", "content", { searchable: true });
+		await ftsManager.enableSearch("post");
+
+		await repo.create(
+			createPostFixture({
+				slug: "tour-diary",
+				status: "published",
+				data: {
+					title: "Endless Night",
+					content: [
+						{
+							_type: "block",
+							style: "normal",
+							children: [
+								{
+									_type: "span",
+									text: "The closing track is a cover of Mustang Sally, recorded live.",
+								},
+							],
+						},
+					],
+				},
+			}),
+		);
+	});
+
+	afterEach(async () => {
+		await teardownTestDatabase(db);
+	});
+
+	it("quotes the body when the match is in the body, not the title", async () => {
+		const { items } = await searchWithDb(db, "mustang", {
+			collections: ["post"],
+		});
+
+		expect(items).toHaveLength(1);
+		// Before the fix this was "Endless Night" — the title, unhighlighted,
+		// because the snippet was pinned to column 2.
+		expect(items[0].snippet).toContain("<mark>Mustang</mark>");
+		expect(items[0].snippet).toContain("Sally");
+	});
+
+	it("still quotes the title when the match is in the title", async () => {
+		const { items } = await searchWithDb(db, "endless", {
+			collections: ["post"],
+		});
+
+		expect(items).toHaveLength(1);
+		expect(items[0].snippet).toContain("<mark>Endless</mark>");
+	});
+});
diff --git a/scripts/query-counts.queries.d1.json b/scripts/query-counts.queries.d1.json
index 93fd65664c..1ea3d847d0 100644
--- a/scripts/query-counts.queries.d1.json
+++ b/scripts/query-counts.queries.d1.json
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
 		"select * from \"_emdash_migrations\" limit ?": 1,
 		"select * from \"_emdash_redirects\" where \"enabled\" = ?": 1,
 		"SELECT *, (SELECT json_group_array(json_object('id', t.id, 'name', t.name, 'slug', t.slug, 'label', t.label, 'parent_id', t.parent_id, 'locale', t.locale, 'translation_group', t.translation_group)) FROM \"content_taxonomies\" AS ct CROSS JOIN \"taxonomies\" AS t ON t.translation_group = ct.taxonomy_id WHERE ct.collection = ? AND ct.entry_id = \"ec_pages\".translation_group AND t.locale = \"ec_pages\".locale) AS \"_emdash_terms\", (SELECT json_group_array(json_object('roleLabel', cb.role_label, 'sortOrder', cb.sort_order, 'byline', json_object('id', b.id, 'slug', b.slug, 'displayName', b.display_name, 'bio', b.bio, 'avatarMediaId', b.avatar_media_id, 'avatarStorageKey', m.storage_key, 'avatarAlt', m.alt, 'avatarBlurhash', m.blurhash, 'avatarDominantColor', m.dominant_color, 'websiteUrl', b.website_url, 'userId', b.user_id, 'isGuest', b.is_guest, 'createdAt', b.created_at, 'updatedAt', b.updated_at, 'locale', b.locale, 'translationGroup', b.translation_group))) FROM \"_emdash_content_bylines\" AS cb CROSS JOIN \"_emdash_bylines\" AS b ON b.translation_group = cb.byline_id LEFT JOIN \"media\" AS m ON m.id = b.avatar_media_id WHERE cb.collection_slug = ? AND cb.content_id = \"ec_pages\".id AND b.locale = \"ec_pages\".locale) AS \"_emdash_bylines\", (SELECT 1 FROM \"_emdash_bylines\" LIMIT 1) AS \"_emdash_bylines_exist\" FROM \"ec_pages\" WHERE deleted_at IS NULL AND \"status\" = ? ORDER BY \"created_at\" DESC, \"id\" DESC": 1,
-		"SELECT c.id, c.slug, c.locale, c.title as title, snippet(\"_emdash_fts_posts\", 2, '<mark>', '</mark>', '...', 32) as snippet, bm25(\"_emdash_fts_posts\") as score FROM \"_emdash_fts_posts\" f JOIN \"ec_posts\" c ON f.id = c.id WHERE \"_emdash_fts_posts\" MATCH ? AND c.status = ? AND c.deleted_at IS NULL ORDER BY score LIMIT ?": 1,
+		"SELECT c.id, c.slug, c.locale, c.title as title, -- Column -1 lets FTS5 pick the column the query actually matched. -- Hard-coding 2 (the first searchable field) meant a match in any -- other field returned that first field's text, unhighlighted. snippet(\"_emdash_fts_posts\", -1, '<mark>', '</mark>', '...', 32) as snippet, bm25(\"_emdash_fts_posts\") as score FROM \"_emdash_fts_posts\" f JOIN \"ec_posts\" c ON f.id = c.id WHERE \"_emdash_fts_posts\" MATCH ? AND c.status = ? AND c.deleted_at IS NULL ORDER BY score LIMIT ?": 1,
 		"select count(*) as \"count\" from \"_emdash_collections\"": 1,
 		"SELECT COUNT(*) as count FROM \"_emdash_migrations\"": 1,
 		"SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name = ?": 1,
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
 		"select * from \"_emdash_menu_items\" where \"menu_id\" = ? order by \"sort_order\" asc": 1,
 		"select * from \"_emdash_menus\" where \"name\" = ? order by \"locale\" asc": 1,
 		"SELECT *, (SELECT json_group_array(json_object('id', t.id, 'name', t.name, 'slug', t.slug, 'label', t.label, 'parent_id', t.parent_id, 'locale', t.locale, 'translation_group', t.translation_group)) FROM \"content_taxonomies\" AS ct CROSS JOIN \"taxonomies\" AS t ON t.translation_group = ct.taxonomy_id WHERE ct.collection = ? AND ct.entry_id = \"ec_pages\".translation_group AND t.locale = \"ec_pages\".locale) AS \"_emdash_terms\", (SELECT json_group_array(json_object('roleLabel', cb.role_label, 'sortOrder', cb.sort_order, 'byline', json_object('id', b.id, 'slug', b.slug, 'displayName', b.display_name, 'bio', b.bio, 'avatarMediaId', b.avatar_media_id, 'avatarStorageKey', m.storage_key, 'avatarAlt', m.alt, 'avatarBlurhash', m.blurhash, 'avatarDominantColor', m.dominant_color, 'websiteUrl', b.website_url, 'userId', b.user_id, 'isGuest', b.is_guest, 'createdAt', b.created_at, 'updatedAt', b.updated_at, 'locale', b.locale, 'translationGroup', b.translation_group))) FROM \"_emdash_content_bylines\" AS cb CROSS JOIN \"_emdash_bylines\" AS b ON b.translation_group = cb.byline_id LEFT JOIN \"media\" AS m ON m.id = b.avatar_media_id WHERE cb.collection_slug = ? AND cb.content_id = \"ec_pages\".id AND b.locale = \"ec_pages\".locale) AS \"_emdash_bylines\", (SELECT 1 FROM \"_emdash_bylines\" LIMIT 1) AS \"_emdash_bylines_exist\" FROM \"ec_pages\" WHERE deleted_at IS NULL AND \"status\" = ? ORDER BY \"created_at\" DESC, \"id\" DESC": 1,
-		"SELECT c.id, c.slug, c.locale, c.title as title, snippet(\"_emdash_fts_posts\", 2, '<mark>', '</mark>', '...', 32) as snippet, bm25(\"_emdash_fts_posts\") as score FROM \"_emdash_fts_posts\" f JOIN \"ec_posts\" c ON f.id = c.id WHERE \"_emdash_fts_posts\" MATCH ? AND c.status = ? AND c.deleted_at IS NULL ORDER BY score LIMIT ?": 1,
+		"SELECT c.id, c.slug, c.locale, c.title as title, -- Column -1 lets FTS5 pick the column the query actually matched. -- Hard-coding 2 (the first searchable field) meant a match in any -- other field returned that first field's text, unhighlighted. snippet(\"_emdash_fts_posts\", -1, '<mark>', '</mark>', '...', 32) as snippet, bm25(\"_emdash_fts_posts\") as score FROM \"_emdash_fts_posts\" f JOIN \"ec_posts\" c ON f.id = c.id WHERE \"_emdash_fts_posts\" MATCH ? AND c.status = ? AND c.deleted_at IS NULL ORDER BY score LIMIT ?": 1,
 		"SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name = ?": 1
 	},
 	"GET /tag/webdev (cold)": {
diff --git a/scripts/query-counts.queries.sqlite.json b/scripts/query-counts.queries.sqlite.json
index c870cb2c38..20aa6416b6 100644
--- a/scripts/query-counts.queries.sqlite.json
+++ b/scripts/query-counts.queries.sqlite.json
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 		"select * from \"_emdash_menu_items\" where \"menu_id\" = ? order by \"sort_order\" asc": 1,
 		"select * from \"_emdash_menus\" where \"name\" = ? order by \"locale\" asc": 1,
 		"SELECT *, (SELECT json_group_array(json_object('id', t.id, 'name', t.name, 'slug', t.slug, 'label', t.label, 'parent_id', t.parent_id, 'locale', t.locale, 'translation_group', t.translation_group)) FROM \"content_taxonomies\" AS ct CROSS JOIN \"taxonomies\" AS t ON t.translation_group = ct.taxonomy_id WHERE ct.collection = ? AND ct.entry_id = \"ec_pages\".translation_group AND t.locale = \"ec_pages\".locale) AS \"_emdash_terms\", (SELECT json_group_array(json_object('roleLabel', cb.role_label, 'sortOrder', cb.sort_order, 'byline', json_object('id', b.id, 'slug', b.slug, 'displayName', b.display_name, 'bio', b.bio, 'avatarMediaId', b.avatar_media_id, 'avatarStorageKey', m.storage_key, 'avatarAlt', m.alt, 'avatarBlurhash', m.blurhash, 'avatarDominantColor', m.dominant_color, 'websiteUrl', b.website_url, 'userId', b.user_id, 'isGuest', b.is_guest, 'createdAt', b.created_at, 'updatedAt', b.updated_at, 'locale', b.locale, 'translationGroup', b.translation_group))) FROM \"_emdash_content_bylines\" AS cb CROSS JOIN \"_emdash_bylines\" AS b ON b.translation_group = cb.byline_id LEFT JOIN \"media\" AS m ON m.id = b.avatar_media_id WHERE cb.collection_slug = ? AND cb.content_id = \"ec_pages\".id AND b.locale = \"ec_pages\".locale) AS \"_emdash_bylines\", (SELECT 1 FROM \"_emdash_bylines\" LIMIT 1) AS \"_emdash_bylines_exist\" FROM \"ec_pages\" WHERE deleted_at IS NULL AND \"status\" = ? ORDER BY \"created_at\" DESC, \"id\" DESC": 1,
-		"SELECT c.id, c.slug, c.locale, c.title as title, snippet(\"_emdash_fts_posts\", 2, '<mark>', '</mark>', '...', 32) as snippet, bm25(\"_emdash_fts_posts\") as score FROM \"_emdash_fts_posts\" f JOIN \"ec_posts\" c ON f.id = c.id WHERE \"_emdash_fts_posts\" MATCH ? AND c.status = ? AND c.deleted_at IS NULL ORDER BY score LIMIT ?": 1,
+		"SELECT c.id, c.slug, c.locale, c.title as title, -- Column -1 lets FTS5 pick the column the query actually matched. -- Hard-coding 2 (the first searchable field) meant a match in any -- other field returned that first field's text, unhighlighted. snippet(\"_emdash_fts_posts\", -1, '<mark>', '</mark>', '...', 32) as snippet, bm25(\"_emdash_fts_posts\") as score FROM \"_emdash_fts_posts\" f JOIN \"ec_posts\" c ON f.id = c.id WHERE \"_emdash_fts_posts\" MATCH ? AND c.status = ? AND c.deleted_at IS NULL ORDER BY score LIMIT ?": 1,
 		"SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name = ?": 1
 	},
 	"GET /search (warm)": {
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 		"select * from \"_emdash_menu_items\" where \"menu_id\" = ? order by \"sort_order\" asc": 1,
 		"select * from \"_emdash_menus\" where \"name\" = ? order by \"locale\" asc": 1,
 		"SELECT *, (SELECT json_group_array(json_object('id', t.id, 'name', t.name, 'slug', t.slug, 'label', t.label, 'parent_id', t.parent_id, 'locale', t.locale, 'translation_group', t.translation_group)) FROM \"content_taxonomies\" AS ct CROSS JOIN \"taxonomies\" AS t ON t.translation_group = ct.taxonomy_id WHERE ct.collection = ? AND ct.entry_id = \"ec_pages\".translation_group AND t.locale = \"ec_pages\".locale) AS \"_emdash_terms\", (SELECT json_group_array(json_object('roleLabel', cb.role_label, 'sortOrder', cb.sort_order, 'byline', json_object('id', b.id, 'slug', b.slug, 'displayName', b.display_name, 'bio', b.bio, 'avatarMediaId', b.avatar_media_id, 'avatarStorageKey', m.storage_key, 'avatarAlt', m.alt, 'avatarBlurhash', m.blurhash, 'avatarDominantColor', m.dominant_color, 'websiteUrl', b.website_url, 'userId', b.user_id, 'isGuest', b.is_guest, 'createdAt', b.created_at, 'updatedAt', b.updated_at, 'locale', b.locale, 'translationGroup', b.translation_group))) FROM \"_emdash_content_bylines\" AS cb CROSS JOIN \"_emdash_bylines\" AS b ON b.translation_group = cb.byline_id LEFT JOIN \"media\" AS m ON m.id = b.avatar_media_id WHERE cb.collection_slug = ? AND cb.content_id = \"ec_pages\".id AND b.locale = \"ec_pages\".locale) AS \"_emdash_bylines\", (SELECT 1 FROM \"_emdash_bylines\" LIMIT 1) AS \"_emdash_bylines_exist\" FROM \"ec_pages\" WHERE deleted_at IS NULL AND \"status\" = ? ORDER BY \"created_at\" DESC, \"id\" DESC": 1,
-		"SELECT c.id, c.slug, c.locale, c.title as title, snippet(\"_emdash_fts_posts\", 2, '<mark>', '</mark>', '...', 32) as snippet, bm25(\"_emdash_fts_posts\") as score FROM \"_emdash_fts_posts\" f JOIN \"ec_posts\" c ON f.id = c.id WHERE \"_emdash_fts_posts\" MATCH ? AND c.status = ? AND c.deleted_at IS NULL ORDER BY score LIMIT ?": 1,
+		"SELECT c.id, c.slug, c.locale, c.title as title, -- Column -1 lets FTS5 pick the column the query actually matched. -- Hard-coding 2 (the first searchable field) meant a match in any -- other field returned that first field's text, unhighlighted. snippet(\"_emdash_fts_posts\", -1, '<mark>', '</mark>', '...', 32) as snippet, bm25(\"_emdash_fts_posts\") as score FROM \"_emdash_fts_posts\" f JOIN \"ec_posts\" c ON f.id = c.id WHERE \"_emdash_fts_posts\" MATCH ? AND c.status = ? AND c.deleted_at IS NULL ORDER BY score LIMIT ?": 1,
 		"SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type = 'table' AND name = ?": 1
 	},
 	"GET /tag/webdev (cold)": {