diff --git a/lib/Queries.js b/lib/Queries.js
index 73250e3..3e4dc37 100644
--- a/lib/Queries.js
+++ b/lib/Queries.js
@@ -142,15 +142,10 @@ module.exports.matchSubjectObject = function( subject, object, cb ){
 };
 
 module.exports._hasTooManyCombinations = function(subject, object) {
-
   const terms = [ subject, object ];
+  const stmt = this.prepare(query.count_tokens);
 
-  const stmt = this.prepare('SELECT count(*) as cnt from fulltext where fulltext.fulltext = ?');
-
-  const counts = terms.map(function(token) {
-    return stmt.get(token).cnt;
-  });
-
+  const counts = terms.map(token => stmt.get({ token_quoted: `"${token}"` }).cnt);
   const combinations = counts.reduce((a, b) => a * b, 1);
 
   return combinations >= 1e6;
diff --git a/query/count_tokens.sql b/query/count_tokens.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee9edb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/query/count_tokens.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+SELECT COUNT(*) AS cnt
+FROM fulltext AS ft
+WHERE ft.fulltext MATCH $token_quoted