lib/PublicInbox/SearchView.pm | 3 ++-
 lib/PublicInbox/View.pm       | 5 ++---

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchView.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchView.pm
index c0cd1ffd6ec6dd0dda984806ca872ba0b61d6b47..e3dc22f7a60da083587528349837f59536d38219 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/SearchView.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/SearchView.pm
@@ -263,10 +263,11 @@
 sub new {
 	my ($class, $cgi) = @_;
 	my $r = $cgi->param('r');
+	my ($off) = (($cgi->param('o') || '0') =~ /(\d+)/);
 	bless {
 		q => $cgi->param('q'),
 		x => $cgi->param('x') || '',
-		o => int($cgi->param('o') || 0) || 0,
+		o => $off,
 		r => (defined $r && $r ne '0'),
 	}, $class;
 }
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
index 21949812d5789131bb6bba536ed582e334c38edb..43609914c26a35ee9756c0245547565c367f09d2 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
@@ -840,13 +840,12 @@ }
 
 sub emit_index_topics {
 	my ($state) = @_;
-	my $off = $state->{ctx}->{cgi}->param('o');
-	$off = 0 unless defined $off;
+	my ($off) = (($state->{ctx}->{cgi}->param('o') || '0') =~ /(\d+)/);
 	$state->{order} = [];
 	$state->{subjs} = {};
 	$state->{latest} = {};
 	my $max = 25;
-	my %opts = ( offset => int $off, limit => $max * 4 );
+	my %opts = ( offset => $off, limit => $max * 4 );
 	while (scalar @{$state->{order}} < $max) {
 		my $sres = $state->{srch}->query('', \%opts);
 		my $nr = scalar @{$sres->{msgs}} or last;