diff --git a/src/tools/utils.ts b/src/tools/utils.ts
index 66afd2b..74f0b37 100644
--- a/src/tools/utils.ts
+++ b/src/tools/utils.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 import { md5 } from 'pure-md5'
 import { eng, fra } from 'stopword'
 import { isSearchMatch, type SearchMatch } from '../globals'
+import { settings } from 'src/settings'
 
 export function pathWithoutFilename(path: string): string {
   const split = path.split('/')
@@ -121,11 +122,12 @@ export function removeDiacritics(str: string, arabic = true): string {
     return ''
   }
 
+  // TODO: add a global setting to toggle this, this impacts performances
   if (arabic) {
     // Arabic diacritics
     // https://stackoverflow.com/a/40959537
     str = str
-      .replace(/([^\u0621-\u063A\u0641-\u064A\u0660-\u0669a-zA-Z 0-9])/g, '')
+      // .replace(/([^\u0621-\u063A\u0641-\u064A\u0660-\u0669a-zA-Z 0-9])/g, '')
       .replace(/(آ|إ|أ)/g, 'ا')
       .replace(/(ة)/g, 'ه')
       .replace(/(ئ|ؤ)/g, 'ء')
@@ -144,6 +146,7 @@ export function removeDiacritics(str: string, arabic = true): string {
   str = str.normalize('NFD').replace(diacriticsRegex, '').normalize('NFC')
   str = str.replaceAll('[__locator__backtick__]', '`')
   str = str.replaceAll('[__locator__caret__]', '^')
+
   return str
 }