diff --git a/crates/core/src/ranking/bm25.rs b/crates/core/src/ranking/bm25.rs
index e79de857..06914828 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/ranking/bm25.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/ranking/bm25.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // source: https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/blob/main/src/query/bm25.rs
 
+use itertools::Itertools;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use tantivy::fieldnorm::FieldNormReader;
@@ -35,27 +36,20 @@ pub struct Bm25Params {
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
-pub struct Bm25Weight {
-    idf_explain: Explanation,
-    weight: Score,
-    cache: [Score; 256],
-    average_fieldnorm: Score,
+pub struct MultiBm25Weight {
+    weights: Vec<Bm25Weight>,
 }
 
-impl Bm25Weight {
-    pub fn boost_by(&self, boost: Score) -> Bm25Weight {
-        Bm25Weight {
-            idf_explain: self.idf_explain.clone(),
-            weight: self.weight * boost,
-            cache: self.cache,
-            average_fieldnorm: self.average_fieldnorm,
+impl MultiBm25Weight {
+    pub fn for_terms(searcher: &Searcher, terms: &[Term]) -> tantivy::Result<Self> {
+        if terms.is_empty() {
+            return Ok(Self {
+                weights: Vec::new(),
+            });
         }
-    }
 
-    pub fn for_terms(searcher: &Searcher, terms: &[Term]) -> tantivy::Result<Bm25Weight> {
-        assert!(!terms.is_empty(), "Bm25 requires at least one term");
         let field = terms[0].field();
-        for term in &terms[1..] {
+        for term in terms.iter().skip(1) {
             assert_eq!(
                 term.field(),
                 field,
@@ -72,21 +66,50 @@ impl Bm25Weight {
         }
         let average_fieldnorm = total_num_tokens as Score / total_num_docs as Score;
 
-        if terms.len() == 1 {
-            let term_doc_freq = searcher.doc_freq(&terms[0])?;
-            Ok(Bm25Weight::for_one_term(
+        let mut weights = Vec::new();
+
+        for term in terms {
+            let term_doc_freq = searcher.doc_freq(term)?;
+            weights.push(Bm25Weight::for_one_term(
                 term_doc_freq,
                 total_num_docs,
                 average_fieldnorm,
-            ))
-        } else {
-            let mut idf_sum: Score = 0.0;
-            for term in terms {
-                let term_doc_freq = searcher.doc_freq(term)?;
-                idf_sum += idf(term_doc_freq, total_num_docs);
-            }
-            let idf_explain = Explanation::new("idf", idf_sum);
-            Ok(Bm25Weight::new(idf_explain, average_fieldnorm))
+            ));
+        }
+
+        Ok(Self { weights })
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn score(&self, stats: impl Iterator<Item = (u8, u32)>) -> Score {
+        stats
+            .zip_eq(self.weights.iter())
+            .map(|((fieldnorm_id, term_freq), weight)| weight.score(fieldnorm_id, term_freq))
+            .sum()
+    }
+
+    pub fn boost_by(&self, boost: Score) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            weights: self.weights.iter().map(|w| w.boost_by(boost)).collect(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub struct Bm25Weight {
+    idf_explain: Explanation,
+    weight: Score,
+    cache: [Score; 256],
+    average_fieldnorm: Score,
+}
+
+impl Bm25Weight {
+    pub fn boost_by(&self, boost: Score) -> Bm25Weight {
+        Bm25Weight {
+            idf_explain: self.idf_explain.clone(),
+            weight: self.weight * boost,
+            cache: self.cache,
+            average_fieldnorm: self.average_fieldnorm,
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/crates/core/src/ranking/signal.rs b/crates/core/src/ranking/signal.rs
index 35ab50a9..aafe3b0b 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/ranking/signal.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/ranking/signal.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ use crate::{
     webpage::region::{Region, RegionCount},
 };
 
-use super::bm25::Bm25Weight;
+use super::bm25::MultiBm25Weight;
 use super::models::linear::LinearRegression;
 use super::{inbound_similarity, query_centrality};
 
@@ -249,19 +249,17 @@ fn bm25(field: &mut TextFieldData, doc: DocId) -> f64 {
         return 0.0;
     }
 
-    let mut term_freq = 0;
-    for posting in &mut field.postings {
-        if posting.doc() == doc || (posting.doc() < doc && posting.seek(doc) == doc) {
-            term_freq += posting.term_freq();
-        }
-    }
-
-    if term_freq == 0 {
-        return 0.0;
-    }
-
     let fieldnorm_id = field.fieldnorm_reader.fieldnorm_id(doc);
-    field.weight.score(fieldnorm_id, term_freq) as f64
+
+    field
+        .weight
+        .score(field.postings.iter_mut().map(move |posting| {
+            if posting.doc() == doc || (posting.doc() < doc && posting.seek(doc) == doc) {
+                (fieldnorm_id, posting.term_freq())
+            } else {
+                (fieldnorm_id, 0)
+            }
+        })) as f64
 }
 
 impl Signal {
@@ -635,7 +633,7 @@ impl SignalCoefficient {
 #[derive(Clone)]
 struct TextFieldData {
     postings: Vec<SegmentPostings>,
-    weight: Bm25Weight,
+    weight: MultiBm25Weight,
     fieldnorm_reader: FieldNormReader,
 }
 
@@ -797,19 +795,20 @@ impl SignalAggregator {
                             continue;
                         }
 
-                        let weight = Bm25Weight::for_terms(tv_searcher, &terms)?;
-
                         let fieldnorm_reader = segment_reader.get_fieldnorms_reader(tv_field)?;
                         let inverted_index = segment_reader.inverted_index(tv_field)?;
 
+                        let mut matching_terms = Vec::with_capacity(terms.len());
                         let mut postings = Vec::with_capacity(terms.len());
                         for term in &terms {
                             if let Some(p) =
                                 inverted_index.read_postings(term, text_field.index_option())?
                             {
                                 postings.push(p);
+                                matching_terms.push(term.clone());
                             }
                         }
+                        let weight = MultiBm25Weight::for_terms(tv_searcher, &matching_terms)?;
 
                         text_fields.insert(
                             text_field,