diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
index 6981895..25a3fe4 100644
--- a/__init__.py
+++ b/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from adapt.intent import IntentBuilder
 from mycroft.skills.core import MycroftSkill, intent_handler
 from mycroft.util.log import getLogger
-from fuzzywuzzy import fuzz
+from rapidfuzz import fuzz
 
 import requests
 import json
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ def findItemName(self, itemDictionary, messageItem):
 
 		try:
 			for itemName, itemLabel in list(itemDictionary.items()):
-				score = fuzz.ratio(messageItem, itemLabel)
+				score = fuzz.ratio(messageItem, itemLabel, score_cutoff=bestScore)
 				if score > bestScore:
 					bestScore = score
 					bestItem = itemName
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 2485ffc..310a13c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 requests>=2.10.0
-fuzzywuzzy==0.14.0
-python-Levenshtein==0.12.0
\ No newline at end of file
+rapidfuzz==0.7.6
\ No newline at end of file