diff --git a/src/algos/fzf/v1.rs b/src/algos/fzf/v1.rs
index 113b22d..b142a33 100644
--- a/src/algos/fzf/v1.rs
+++ b/src/algos/fzf/v1.rs
@@ -278,14 +278,14 @@ fn backward_pass(
 ) -> usize {
     // The candidate must start with the first character of the query.
     debug_assert!(char_eq(
+        pattern.chars().next().unwrap(),
         candidate.chars().next().unwrap(),
-        pattern.chars().next().unwrap()
     ));
 
     // The candidate must end with the last character of the query.
     debug_assert!(char_eq(
+        pattern.chars().next_back().unwrap(),
         candidate.chars().next_back().unwrap(),
-        pattern.chars().next_back().unwrap()
     ));
 
     let mut pattern_chars = pattern.chars().rev();
diff --git a/tests/fzf_v1.rs b/tests/fzf_v1.rs
index b661b4d..1fe2c91 100644
--- a/tests/fzf_v1.rs
+++ b/tests/fzf_v1.rs
@@ -271,3 +271,17 @@ fn fzf_v1_score_4() {
 
     assert_eq!(mach.matched_ranges(), [1..2, 21..22]);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn fzf_v1_score_5() {
+    let mut fzf = FzfV1::new()
+        .with_case_sensitivity(CaseSensitivity::Sensitive)
+        .with_matched_ranges(true)
+        .with_normalization(true);
+
+    let mut parser = FzfParser::new();
+
+    let mach = fzf.distance(parser.parse("e !"), " !I\\hh+\u{364}").unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(mach.matched_ranges(), [1..2, 7..9]);
+}