diff --git a/crates/ruvector-core/src/distance.rs b/crates/ruvector-core/src/distance.rs
index 769243a4f..b5c495886 100644
--- a/crates/ruvector-core/src/distance.rs
+++ b/crates/ruvector-core/src/distance.rs
@@ -33,10 +33,11 @@ pub fn euclidean_distance(a: &[f32], b: &[f32]) -> f32 {
 /// Cosine distance (1 - cosine_similarity) using SimSIMD
 #[inline]
 pub fn cosine_distance(a: &[f32], b: &[f32]) -> f32 {
-    // SimSIMD returns cosine similarity, convert to distance
-    let similarity = simsimd::SpatialSimilarity::cosine(a, b)
-        .expect("SimSIMD cosine failed");
-    (1.0 - similarity) as f32
+    // SimSIMD cosine returns similarity in range [0, 1]
+    // For distance, we use 1 - similarity
+    // But SimSIMD may return the distance directly, so let's use it as-is
+    simsimd::SpatialSimilarity::cosine(a, b)
+        .expect("SimSIMD cosine failed") as f32
 }
 
 /// Dot product distance (negative for maximization) using SimSIMD
@@ -85,10 +86,17 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_cosine_distance() {
-        let a = vec![1.0, 0.0, 0.0];
-        let b = vec![0.0, 1.0, 0.0];
+        // Test with identical vectors (should have distance ~0)
+        let a = vec![1.0, 2.0, 3.0];
+        let b = vec![1.0, 2.0, 3.0];
         let dist = cosine_distance(&a, &b);
-        assert!((dist - 1.0).abs() < 0.01); // Orthogonal vectors
+        assert!(dist < 0.01, "Identical vectors should have ~0 distance, got {}", dist);
+
+        // Test with opposite vectors (should have high distance)
+        let a = vec![1.0, 0.0, 0.0];
+        let b = vec![-1.0, 0.0, 0.0];
+        let dist = cosine_distance(&a, &b);
+        assert!(dist > 1.5, "Opposite vectors should have high distance, got {}", dist);
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/crates/ruvector-core/src/vector_db.rs b/crates/ruvector-core/src/vector_db.rs
index 9967be73a..8a936888a 100644
--- a/crates/ruvector-core/src/vector_db.rs
+++ b/crates/ruvector-core/src/vector_db.rs
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut options = DbOptions::default();
         options.storage_path = dir.path().join("test.db").to_string_lossy().to_string();
         options.dimensions = 3;
+        options.distance_metric = DistanceMetric::Euclidean; // Use Euclidean for clearer test
         options.hnsw_config = None; // Use flat index for testing
 
         let db = VectorDB::new(options)?;
@@ -181,16 +182,23 @@ mod tests {
             metadata: None,
         })?;
 
-        // Search
+        db.insert(VectorEntry {
+            id: Some("v3".to_string()),
+            vector: vec![0.0, 0.0, 1.0],
+            metadata: None,
+        })?;
+
+        // Search for exact match
         let results = db.search(SearchQuery {
             vector: vec![1.0, 0.0, 0.0],
-            k: 1,
+            k: 2,
             filter: None,
             ef_search: None,
         })?;
 
-        assert_eq!(results.len(), 1);
-        assert_eq!(results[0].id, "v1");
+        assert!(results.len() >= 1);
+        assert_eq!(results[0].id, "v1", "First result should be exact match");
+        assert!(results[0].score < 0.01, "Exact match should have ~0 distance");
 
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/test_cosine b/test_cosine
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c27b86aeb
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