diff --git a/lua/telescope/builtin/__internal.lua b/lua/telescope/builtin/__internal.lua
index b9626bb..3684518 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/builtin/__internal.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/builtin/__internal.lua
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ local Path = require "plenary.path"
 local pickers = require "telescope.pickers"
 local previewers = require "telescope.previewers"
 local p_window = require "telescope.pickers.window"
-local sorters = require "telescope.sorters"
 local state = require "telescope.state"
 local utils = require "telescope.utils"
 
@@ -1089,8 +1088,7 @@ internal.registers = function(opts)
         results = registers_table,
         entry_maker = opts.entry_maker or make_entry.gen_from_registers(opts),
       },
-      -- use levenshtein as n-gram doesn't support <2 char matches
-      sorter = sorters.get_levenshtein_sorter(),
+      sorter = conf.generic_sorter(opts),
       attach_mappings = function(_, map)
         actions.select_default:replace(actions.paste_register)
         map("i", "<C-e>", actions.edit_register)
diff --git a/lua/telescope/make_entry.lua b/lua/telescope/make_entry.lua
index 7f2484b..6334bc5 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/make_entry.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/make_entry.lua
@@ -792,10 +792,11 @@ function make_entry.gen_from_registers(opts)
   end
 
   return function(entry)
+    local contents = vim.fn.getreg(entry)
     return make_entry.set_default_entry_mt({
       value = entry,
-      ordinal = entry,
-      content = vim.fn.getreg(entry),
+      ordinal = contents,
+      content = contents,
       display = make_display,
     }, opts)
   end