diff --git a/src/search.cpp b/src/search.cpp
index 3eec00b0..633f9b51 100644
--- a/src/search.cpp
+++ b/src/search.cpp
@@ -1570,8 +1570,9 @@ Value Search::Worker::qsearch(Position& pos, Stack* ss, Value alpha, Value beta,
                 break;
 
             // Continuation history based pruning (~3 Elo)
-            if (!capture && (*contHist[0])[pos.moved_piece(move)][move.to_sq()] < 0
-                && (*contHist[1])[pos.moved_piece(move)][move.to_sq()] < 0)
+            if (!capture && (*contHist[0])[pos.moved_piece(move)][move.to_sq()]
+                          + (*contHist[1])[pos.moved_piece(move)][move.to_sq()]
+                          + thisThread->pawnHistory[pawn_structure_index(pos)][pos.moved_piece(move)][move.to_sq()] <= 4000)
                 continue;
 
             // Do not search moves with bad enough SEE values (~5 Elo)