diff --git a/lua/hawtkeys/init.lua b/lua/hawtkeys/init.lua
index 9bf877e..47ea44b 100644
--- a/lua/hawtkeys/init.lua
+++ b/lua/hawtkeys/init.lua
@@ -9,12 +9,19 @@ local M = {}
 ---@field keyboardLayout SupportedKeyboardLayouts
 ---@field customMaps { [string] : TSKeyMapArgs | WhichKeyMapargs } | nil
 
+---@class HawtKeyHighlights
+---@field HawtkeysMatchGreat vim.api.keyset.highlight | nil
+---@field HawtkeysMatchGood vim.api.keyset.highlight | nil
+---@field HawtkeysMatchOk vim.api.keyset.highlight | nil
+---@field HawtkeysMatchBad vim.api.keyset.highlight | nil
+
 ---@class HawtKeyPartialConfig
 ---@field leader string | nil
 ---@field homerow number | nil
 ---@field powerFingers number[] | nil
 ---@field keyboardLayout SupportedKeyboardLayouts | nil
 ---@field customMaps { [string] : TSKeyMapArgs | WhichKeyMapargs } | nil
+---@field highlights HawtKeyHighlights | nil
 ---
 
 ---@type { [string] : TSKeyMapArgs | WhichKeyMapargs }---
@@ -48,6 +55,51 @@ function M.setup(config)
     M.keyboardLayout = config.keyboardLayout or "qwerty"
     M.keyMapSet = vim.tbl_extend("force", _defaultSet, config.customMaps or {})
 
+    local default_match_great
+    if not config.highlights or not config.highlights.HawtkeysMatchGreat then
+        default_match_great =
+            vim.api.nvim_get_hl(0, { name = "DiagnosticOk", link = false })
+        default_match_great.underline = true
+    end
+    M.highlights = vim.tbl_extend("keep", config.highlights or {}, {
+        HawtkeysMatchGreat = default_match_great,
+        HawtkeysMatchGood = {
+            link = "DiagnosticOk",
+        },
+        HawtkeysMatchOk = {
+            link = "DiagnosticWarn",
+        },
+        HawtkeysMatchBad = {
+            link = "DiagnosticError",
+        },
+    })
+
+    for name, hl in pairs(M.highlights) do
+        vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, name, hl)
+    end
+
+    vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("ColorScheme", {
+        callback = function()
+            if default_match_great then
+                for k, v in
+                    pairs(
+                        vim.api.nvim_get_hl(
+                            0,
+                            { name = "DiagnosticOk", link = false }
+                        )
+                    )
+                do
+                    default_match_great[k] = v
+                end
+                default_match_great.underline = true
+            end
+
+            for name, hl in pairs(M.highlights) do
+                vim.api.nvim_set_hl(0, name, hl)
+            end
+        end,
+    })
+
     vim.api.nvim_create_user_command(
         "Hawtkeys",
         "lua require('hawtkeys.ui').show()",
diff --git a/lua/hawtkeys/ui.lua b/lua/hawtkeys/ui.lua
index 4429ee6..b47c5e3 100644
--- a/lua/hawtkeys/ui.lua
+++ b/lua/hawtkeys/ui.lua
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ local ResultWin
 local ResultBuf
 local SearchWin
 
+local prompt_extmark
+
 local function create_win(enter, opts)
     opts = opts or {}
     local wo = opts.win_options or {}
@@ -45,30 +47,12 @@ local function create_win(enter, opts)
     return win, buf
 end
 
----@param str string
----@param combo string
----@return string
-local function highlight_desc(str, combo)
-    -- returns str with the first unmarked occurrence of each letter of combo surrounded by []
-    local newStr = str:lower()
-    local marked = {} -- Keep track of characters already marked
-    for i = 1, #combo do
-        local char = combo:sub(i, i)
-        local pos = marked[char] or 1 -- Start searching from the last marked position or from the beginning
-        pos = newStr:find(char, pos, true) or 0
-        if pos then
-            newStr = newStr:sub(1, pos - 1)
-                .. "["
-                .. char
-                .. "]"
-                .. newStr:sub(pos + 1)
-            marked[char] = pos + 2 -- Mark this character's position
-        end
-    end
-    return newStr
-end
-
-local prompt_extmark
+local search_threshold = {
+    GREAT = 6,
+    GOOD = 3,
+    OK = 1,
+    BAD = 0,
+}
 
 M.search = function(text)
     text = text or ""
@@ -80,15 +64,14 @@ M.search = function(text)
     for i = 1, #results do
         local data = results[i]
         local lines = {}
-        table.insert(
-            lines,
-            "Key: "
-                .. highlight_desc(text, data.combo)
-                .. "<leader>"
-                .. data.combo
-                .. " - Hawt Score: "
-                .. data.score
+        local line = string.format(
+            "Key: %s <leader>%s - Hawt Score: %d",
+            text,
+            data.combo,
+            data.score
         )
+        table.insert(lines, line)
+
         line_count = line_count + 1
         local already_mapped = false
         if
@@ -138,6 +121,52 @@ M.search = function(text)
                 0,
                 -1
             )
+        else
+            local newStr = text:lower()
+            local marked = {} -- Keep track of characters already marked
+            for idx = 1, #data.combo do
+                local char = data.combo:sub(idx, idx)
+                local pos = marked[char] or 1 -- Start searching from the last marked position or from the beginning
+                pos = newStr:find(char, pos, true) or 0
+                if marked[char] and marked[char] == pos then
+                    pos = newStr:find(char, pos + 1, true) or 0
+                end
+                if pos then
+                    newStr = newStr:sub(1, pos - 1)
+                        .. char
+                        .. newStr:sub(pos + 1)
+                    local hl_col = pos + 5
+                    vim.api.nvim_buf_add_highlight(
+                        ResultBuf,
+                        -1,
+                        "Function",
+                        line_count - (already_mapped and 3 or 1),
+                        hl_col - 1,
+                        hl_col
+                    )
+                    marked[char] = pos -- Mark this character's position
+                end
+            end
+
+            local score_offset = #line - #tostring(data.score)
+            local score_hl
+            if data.score >= search_threshold.GREAT then
+                score_hl = "HawtkeysMatchGreat"
+            elseif data.score >= search_threshold.GOOD then
+                score_hl = "HawtkeysMatchGood"
+            elseif data.score >= search_threshold.OK then
+                score_hl = "HawtkeysMatchOk"
+            else
+                score_hl = "HawtkeysMatchBad"
+            end
+            vim.api.nvim_buf_add_highlight(
+                ResultBuf,
+                -1,
+                score_hl,
+                line_count - (already_mapped and 3 or 1),
+                score_offset,
+                #line
+            )
         end
     end
 end