diff --git a/atlasbot/engine/answerer.py b/atlasbot/engine/answerer.py
index 7936fd1..39a6d6e 100644
--- a/atlasbot/engine/answerer.py
+++ b/atlasbot/engine/answerer.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from atlasbot.state.store import ClaimStore
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 FOLLOWUP_SHORT_WORDS = 6
+TOKEN_MIN_LEN = 3
 NS_ENTRY_MIN_LEN = 2
 DEDUP_MIN_SENTENCES = 3
 TOKEN_MIN_LEN = 3
@@ -1514,7 +1515,7 @@ def _expand_tokens(tokens: list[str]) -> list[str]:
         if not isinstance(token, str):
             continue
         for part in re.split(r"[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]+", token.lower()):
-            if len(part) < 3:
+            if len(part) < TOKEN_MIN_LEN:
                 continue
             if part not in expanded:
                 expanded.append(part)