diff --git a/meilisearch-types/src/deserr/mod.rs b/meilisearch-types/src/deserr/mod.rs
index df304cc2f..537b24574 100644
--- a/meilisearch-types/src/deserr/mod.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-types/src/deserr/mod.rs
@@ -188,3 +188,4 @@ merge_with_error_impl_take_error_message!(ParseOffsetDateTimeError);
 merge_with_error_impl_take_error_message!(ParseTaskKindError);
 merge_with_error_impl_take_error_message!(ParseTaskStatusError);
 merge_with_error_impl_take_error_message!(IndexUidFormatError);
+merge_with_error_impl_take_error_message!(InvalidSearchSemanticRatio);
diff --git a/meilisearch-types/src/error.rs b/meilisearch-types/src/error.rs
index 9df41b68f..1dc33b140 100644
--- a/meilisearch-types/src/error.rs
+++ b/meilisearch-types/src/error.rs
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ InvalidSearchAttributesToRetrieve     , InvalidRequest       , BAD_REQUEST ;
 InvalidSearchCropLength               , InvalidRequest       , BAD_REQUEST ;
 InvalidSearchCropMarker               , InvalidRequest       , BAD_REQUEST ;
 InvalidSearchFacets                   , InvalidRequest       , BAD_REQUEST ;
-InvalidSemanticRatio                  , InvalidRequest       , BAD_REQUEST ;
+InvalidSearchSemanticRatio                  , InvalidRequest       , BAD_REQUEST ;
 InvalidFacetSearchFacetName           , InvalidRequest       , BAD_REQUEST ;
 InvalidSearchFilter                   , InvalidRequest       , BAD_REQUEST ;
 InvalidSearchHighlightPostTag         , InvalidRequest       , BAD_REQUEST ;
@@ -459,6 +459,15 @@ impl fmt::Display for DeserrParseIntError {
     }
 }
 
+impl fmt::Display for deserr_codes::InvalidSearchSemanticRatio {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(
+            f,
+            "the value of `semanticRatio` is invalid, expected a value between `0.0` and `1.0`."
+        )
+    }
+}
+
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! internal_error {
     ($target:ty : $($other:path), *) => {
diff --git a/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/search.rs b/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/search.rs
index 7a9a14687..ad7f0dc89 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/search.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/routes/indexes/search.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use crate::extractors::authentication::policies::*;
 use crate::extractors::authentication::GuardedData;
 use crate::extractors::sequential_extractor::SeqHandler;
 use crate::search::{
-    add_search_rules, perform_search, HybridQuery, MatchingStrategy, SearchQuery,
+    add_search_rules, perform_search, HybridQuery, MatchingStrategy, SearchQuery, SemanticRatio,
     DEFAULT_CROP_LENGTH, DEFAULT_CROP_MARKER, DEFAULT_HIGHLIGHT_POST_TAG,
     DEFAULT_HIGHLIGHT_PRE_TAG, DEFAULT_SEARCH_LIMIT, DEFAULT_SEARCH_OFFSET, DEFAULT_SEMANTIC_RATIO,
 };
@@ -75,10 +75,10 @@ pub struct SearchQueryGet {
     matching_strategy: MatchingStrategy,
     #[deserr(default, error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidSearchAttributesToSearchOn>)]
     pub attributes_to_search_on: Option<CS<String>>,
-    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidHybridQuery>)]
+    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidEmbedder>)]
     pub hybrid_embedder: Option<String>,
-    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidHybridQuery>)]
-    pub hybrid_semantic_ratio: Option<f32>,
+    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrQueryParamError<InvalidSearchSemanticRatio>)]
+    pub hybrid_semantic_ratio: Option<SemanticRatio>,
 }
 
 impl From<SearchQueryGet> for SearchQuery {
diff --git a/meilisearch/src/search.rs b/meilisearch/src/search.rs
index 7bf8ea160..674b6e25e 100644
--- a/meilisearch/src/search.rs
+++ b/meilisearch/src/search.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pub const DEFAULT_CROP_LENGTH: fn() -> usize = || 10;
 pub const DEFAULT_CROP_MARKER: fn() -> String = || "…".to_string();
 pub const DEFAULT_HIGHLIGHT_PRE_TAG: fn() -> String = || "<em>".to_string();
 pub const DEFAULT_HIGHLIGHT_POST_TAG: fn() -> String = || "</em>".to_string();
-pub const DEFAULT_SEMANTIC_RATIO: fn() -> f32 = || 0.5;
+pub const DEFAULT_SEMANTIC_RATIO: fn() -> SemanticRatio = || SemanticRatio(0.5);
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Deserr)]
 #[deserr(error = DeserrJsonError, rename_all = camelCase, deny_unknown_fields)]
@@ -91,12 +91,27 @@ pub struct SearchQuery {
 #[deserr(error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidHybridQuery>, rename_all = camelCase, deny_unknown_fields)]
 pub struct HybridQuery {
     /// TODO validate that sementic ratio is between 0.0 and 1,0
-    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSemanticRatio>, default = DEFAULT_SEMANTIC_RATIO())]
-    pub semantic_ratio: f32,
+    #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidSearchSemanticRatio>)]
+    pub semantic_ratio: SemanticRatio,
     #[deserr(default, error = DeserrJsonError<InvalidEmbedder>, default)]
     pub embedder: Option<String>,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default, PartialEq, Deserr)]
+#[deserr(try_from(f32) = TryFrom::try_from -> InvalidSearchSemanticRatio)]
+pub struct SemanticRatio(f32);
+impl std::convert::TryFrom<f32> for SemanticRatio {
+    type Error = InvalidSearchSemanticRatio;
+
+    fn try_from(f: f32) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        if f > 1.0 || f < 0.0 {
+            Err(InvalidSearchSemanticRatio)
+        } else {
+            Ok(SemanticRatio(f))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl SearchQuery {
     pub fn is_finite_pagination(&self) -> bool {
         self.page.or(self.hits_per_page).is_some()
@@ -457,10 +472,9 @@ pub fn perform_search(
     /// + < 1.0 or remove q
     /// + > 0.0 or remove vector
     let milli::SearchResult { documents_ids, matching_words, candidates, document_scores, .. } =
-        if query.q.is_some() && query.vector.is_some() {
-            search.execute_hybrid()?
-        } else {
-            search.execute()?
+        match query.hybrid {
+            Some(_) => search.execute_hybrid()?,
+            None => search.execute()?,
         };
 
     let fields_ids_map = index.fields_ids_map(&rtxn).unwrap();