How do i set minimum query length in Examine?

How do i set min query length in examine? I have tried setting it in appsettings like this:

"Examine": {
    "LuceneDirectoryFactory": "SyncedTempFileSystemDirectoryFactory",
    "IndexSets": {
      "ExternalIndex": {
        "MinQueryStringLength": 2
      }
    }
  }

Im using Umbraco version 11.2.0


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