diff --git a/src/algo/algo.go b/src/algo/algo.go
index 2a3bc9d..ac6c66d 100644
--- a/src/algo/algo.go
+++ b/src/algo/algo.go
@@ -246,21 +246,9 @@ func normalizeRune(r rune) rune {
 	return r
 }
 
-func normalizeRunes(runes []rune) []rune {
-	ret := make([]rune, len(runes))
-	copy(ret, runes)
-	for idx, r := range runes {
-		if r < 0x00C0 || r > 0x2184 {
-			continue
-		}
-		n := normalized[r]
-		if n > 0 {
-			ret[idx] = normalized[r]
-		}
-	}
-	return ret
-}
-
+// Algo functions make two assumptions
+// 1. "pattern" is given in lowercase if "caseSensitive" is false
+// 2. "pattern" is already normalized if "normalize" is true
 type Algo func(caseSensitive bool, normalize bool, forward bool, input util.Chars, pattern []rune, withPos bool, slab *util.Slab) (Result, *[]int)
 
 func FuzzyMatchV2(caseSensitive bool, normalize bool, forward bool, input util.Chars, pattern []rune, withPos bool, slab *util.Slab) (Result, *[]int) {
@@ -283,10 +271,6 @@ func FuzzyMatchV2(caseSensitive bool, normalize bool, forward bool, input util.C
 		return FuzzyMatchV1(caseSensitive, normalize, forward, input, pattern, withPos, slab)
 	}
 
-	if normalize {
-		pattern = normalizeRunes(pattern)
-	}
-
 	// Reuse pre-allocated integer slice to avoid unnecessary sweeping of garbages
 	offset16 := 0
 	offset32 := 0
@@ -539,10 +523,6 @@ func FuzzyMatchV1(caseSensitive bool, normalize bool, forward bool, text util.Ch
 	lenRunes := text.Length()
 	lenPattern := len(pattern)
 
-	if normalize {
-		pattern = normalizeRunes(pattern)
-	}
-
 	for index := 0; index < lenRunes; index++ {
 		char := text.Get(indexAt(index, lenRunes, forward))
 		// This is considerably faster than blindly applying strings.ToLower to the
@@ -626,10 +606,6 @@ func ExactMatchNaive(caseSensitive bool, normalize bool, forward bool, text util
 		return Result{-1, -1, 0}, nil
 	}
 
-	if normalize {
-		pattern = normalizeRunes(pattern)
-	}
-
 	// For simplicity, only look at the bonus at the first character position
 	pidx := 0
 	bestPos, bonus, bestBonus := -1, int16(0), int16(-1)
@@ -693,10 +669,6 @@ func PrefixMatch(caseSensitive bool, normalize bool, forward bool, text util.Cha
 		return Result{-1, -1, 0}, nil
 	}
 
-	if normalize {
-		pattern = normalizeRunes(pattern)
-	}
-
 	for index, r := range pattern {
 		char := text.Get(index)
 		if !caseSensitive {
@@ -726,10 +698,6 @@ func SuffixMatch(caseSensitive bool, normalize bool, forward bool, text util.Cha
 		return Result{-1, -1, 0}, nil
 	}
 
-	if normalize {
-		pattern = normalizeRunes(pattern)
-	}
-
 	for index, r := range pattern {
 		char := text.Get(index + diff)
 		if !caseSensitive {
diff --git a/src/algo/normalize.go b/src/algo/normalize.go
index 1168a64..7a49644 100644
--- a/src/algo/normalize.go
+++ b/src/algo/normalize.go
@@ -406,3 +406,19 @@ var normalized map[rune]rune = map[rune]rune{
 	0x028F: 'Y', // , LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL
 	0x1D22: 'Z', // , LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL
 }
+
+// NormalizeRunes normalizes latin script letters
+func NormalizeRunes(runes []rune) []rune {
+	ret := make([]rune, len(runes))
+	copy(ret, runes)
+	for idx, r := range runes {
+		if r < 0x00C0 || r > 0x2184 {
+			continue
+		}
+		n := normalized[r]
+		if n > 0 {
+			ret[idx] = normalized[r]
+		}
+	}
+	return ret
+}
diff --git a/src/pattern.go b/src/pattern.go
index 8f1d9bc..731104f 100644
--- a/src/pattern.go
+++ b/src/pattern.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func BuildPattern(fuzzy bool, fuzzyAlgo algo.Algo, extended bool, caseMode Case,
 	termSets := []termSet{}
 
 	if extended {
-		termSets = parseTerms(fuzzy, caseMode, asString)
+		termSets = parseTerms(fuzzy, caseMode, normalize, asString)
 	Loop:
 		for _, termSet := range termSets {
 			for idx, term := range termSet {
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ func BuildPattern(fuzzy bool, fuzzyAlgo algo.Algo, extended bool, caseMode Case,
 	return ptr
 }
 
-func parseTerms(fuzzy bool, caseMode Case, str string) []termSet {
+func parseTerms(fuzzy bool, caseMode Case, normalize bool, str string) []termSet {
 	tokens := _splitRegex.Split(str, -1)
 	sets := []termSet{}
 	set := termSet{}
@@ -196,10 +196,14 @@ func parseTerms(fuzzy bool, caseMode Case, str string) []termSet {
 				sets = append(sets, set)
 				set = termSet{}
 			}
+			textRunes := []rune(text)
+			if normalize {
+				textRunes = algo.NormalizeRunes(textRunes)
+			}
 			set = append(set, term{
 				typ:           typ,
 				inv:           inv,
-				text:          []rune(text),
+				text:          textRunes,
 				caseSensitive: caseSensitive,
 				origText:      origText})
 			switchSet = true
diff --git a/src/pattern_test.go b/src/pattern_test.go
index 66c0041..ea0082f 100644
--- a/src/pattern_test.go
+++ b/src/pattern_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func TestParseTermsExtended(t *testing.T) {
-	terms := parseTerms(true, CaseSmart,
+	terms := parseTerms(true, CaseSmart, false,
 		"| aaa 'bbb ^ccc ddd$ !eee !'fff !^ggg !hhh$ | ^iii$ ^xxx | 'yyy | | zzz$ | !ZZZ |")
 	if len(terms) != 9 ||
 		terms[0][0].typ != termFuzzy || terms[0][0].inv ||
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestParseTermsExtended(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestParseTermsExtendedExact(t *testing.T) {
-	terms := parseTerms(false, CaseSmart,
+	terms := parseTerms(false, CaseSmart, false,
 		"aaa 'bbb ^ccc ddd$ !eee !'fff !^ggg !hhh$")
 	if len(terms) != 8 ||
 		terms[0][0].typ != termExact || terms[0][0].inv || len(terms[0][0].text) != 3 ||
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func TestParseTermsExtendedExact(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestParseTermsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
-	terms := parseTerms(true, CaseSmart, "' $ ^ !' !^ !$")
+	terms := parseTerms(true, CaseSmart, false, "' $ ^ !' !^ !$")
 	if len(terms) != 0 {
 		t.Errorf("%s", terms)
 	}