diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5dfe741c1d..f2580badb9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Uploading and drag-dropping multiple files works correctly now.
 - Subject field now appears disabled when posting
 - Fix status ellipsis menu being cut off in notifications column
+- Fixed autocomplete sometimes not returning the right user when there's already some results
 
 ## [2.0.3] - 2020-05-02
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/src/components/emoji_input/suggestor.js b/src/components/emoji_input/suggestor.js
index 15a71effa1..8330345bb0 100644
--- a/src/components/emoji_input/suggestor.js
+++ b/src/components/emoji_input/suggestor.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import { debounce } from 'lodash'
 
 const debounceUserSearch = debounce((data, input) => {
   data.updateUsersList(input)
-}, 500, { leading: true, trailing: false })
+}, 500)
 
 export default data => input => {
   const firstChar = input[0]
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ export const suggestUsers = data => input => {
     replacement: '@' + screen_name + ' '
   }))
 
-  // BE search users if there are no matches
-  if (newUsers.length === 0 && data.updateUsersList) {
+  // BE search users to get more comprehensive results
+  if (data.updateUsersList) {
     debounceUserSearch(data, noPrefix)
   }
   return newUsers
diff --git a/src/modules/users.js b/src/modules/users.js
index f9329f2a81..5e32bb49c0 100644
--- a/src/modules/users.js
+++ b/src/modules/users.js
@@ -428,10 +428,10 @@ const users = {
         store.commit('setUserForNotification', notification)
       })
     },
-    searchUsers (store, { query }) {
-      return store.rootState.api.backendInteractor.searchUsers({ query })
+    searchUsers ({ rootState, commit }, { query }) {
+      return rootState.api.backendInteractor.searchUsers({ query })
         .then((users) => {
-          store.commit('addNewUsers', users)
+          commit('addNewUsers', users)
           return users
         })
     },