diff --git a/crates/terminal/src/terminal_element.rs b/crates/terminal/src/terminal_element.rs
index fd6c3883d242ec1556f332abf6b25b5b68132843..828ae20ab68e099896353a391510773cd039ce91 100644
--- a/crates/terminal/src/terminal_element.rs
+++ b/crates/terminal/src/terminal_element.rs
@@ -618,12 +618,12 @@ impl Element for TerminalElement {
 
         // searches, highlights to a single range representations
         let mut relative_highlighted_ranges = Vec::new();
-        for search_match in search_matches {
-            relative_highlighted_ranges.push((search_match, match_color))
-        }
         if let Some(selection) = selection {
             relative_highlighted_ranges.push((selection.start..=selection.end, selection_color));
         }
+        for search_match in search_matches {
+            relative_highlighted_ranges.push((search_match, match_color))
+        }
 
         // then have that representation be converted to the appropriate highlight data structure