diff --git a/src/snek/static/chat-input.js b/src/snek/static/chat-input.js
index 2d84658..8909cc7 100644
--- a/src/snek/static/chat-input.js
+++ b/src/snek/static/chat-input.js
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class ChatInputComponent extends HTMLElement {
     
     authors.forEach(author => {
     const lowerAuthor = author.toLowerCase();
-      const distance = this.levenshteinDistance(lowerMention, lowerAuthor);
+      let distance = this.levenshteinDistance(lowerMention, lowerAuthor);
         if(!this.isSubsequence(lowerMention,lowerAuthor)) {
             distance += 1        
         }