diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/search/fts_search.test.ts b/apps/server/src/services/search/fts_search.test.ts
index 6657d40c1..ff3955a3e 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/search/fts_search.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/search/fts_search.test.ts
@@ -1254,6 +1254,15 @@ describe('searchWithLike - Substring Search with LIKE Queries', () => {
 
             const tooLongToken = 'x'.repeat(1500);
 
+            expect(() => {
+                ftsSearchService.searchWithLike(
+                    [tooLongToken],
+                    '*=*',
+                    undefined,
+                    {}
+                );
+            }).toThrow();
+
             try {
                 ftsSearchService.searchWithLike(
                     [tooLongToken],
@@ -1261,7 +1270,6 @@ describe('searchWithLike - Substring Search with LIKE Queries', () => {
                     undefined,
                     {}
                 );
-                fail('Should have thrown error');
             } catch (error: any) {
                 expect(error.message).toContain('xxx...'); // Truncated to 50 chars
                 expect(error.message).not.toContain('x'.repeat(1500)); // Not full token
diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/search/fts_search.ts b/apps/server/src/services/search/fts_search.ts
index c2d11251b..1541bdd4b 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/search/fts_search.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/search/fts_search.ts
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ class FTSSearchService {
             `);
 
             if (totalInFts < totalNotes) {
-                log.warn(`[FTS-DIAGNOSTICS] FTS index incomplete: ${totalInFts} indexed out of ${totalNotes} total notes. Run syncMissingNotes().`);
+                log.info(`[FTS-DIAGNOSTICS] FTS index incomplete: ${totalInFts} indexed out of ${totalNotes} total notes. Run syncMissingNotes().`);
             } else {
                 log.info(`[FTS-DIAGNOSTICS] FTS index complete: ${totalInFts} notes indexed`);
             }