lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm | 2 ++

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
index 0f7815fb610124ece7bbbc8867e93199e085490e..d9fbc36c49648204b91808ecdb6cdb7c54b42266 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Search.pm
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ 	my $qtid = Search::Xapian::Query->new(xpfx('thread').$smsg->thread_id);
 	my $path = id_compress($smsg->path);
 	my $qsub = Search::Xapian::Query->new(xpfx('path').$path);
 	my $query = Search::Xapian::Query->new(OP_OR, $qtid, $qsub);
+	$opts ||= {};
+	$opts->{limit} ||= 1000;
 	$self->do_enquire($query, $opts);
 }