diff --git a/squirrel/api.py b/squirrel/api.py
index 9ade230..56b8d77 100644
--- a/squirrel/api.py
+++ b/squirrel/api.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ def search(q: str, count: int, page: int):
         d = dict(doc)
         d["snippets"] = query.getsnippets(doc, ctxwords=20)
         d["fpath"] = d["url"][STRIP_CHARS:]
+        d["title"] = d["title"] or d["filename"]
         result["results"].append(d)
     return result