lib/PublicInbox/Feed.pm | 2 +-
 lib/PublicInbox/View.pm | 7 +++----

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Feed.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Feed.pm
index 5cb044bdc7c18daf69712ca004dca9b14401ab6e..d7df07ee9c4577a1d15fe5410f68e6bdd68ee3e2 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Feed.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Feed.pm
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ 	if ($v > 2) {
 		die "BUG: unsupported inbox version: $v\n";
 	}
 	if (my $srch = $ibx->search) {
-		return PublicInbox::View::paginate_recent($ctx);
+		return PublicInbox::View::paginate_recent($ctx, $max);
 	}
 
 	my $hex = '[a-f0-9]';
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
index 94058ed09ecd8039c678e271ace689a3b131f44d..af287b96852be66b708bd0eff86d6064ee1773c6 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/View.pm
@@ -1049,10 +1049,9 @@ 	my (undef, $ctx) = @_;
 	pagination_footer($ctx, '.')
 }
 
-sub paginate_recent ($) {
-	my ($ctx) = @_;
+sub paginate_recent ($$) {
+	my ($ctx, $lim) = @_;
 	my $t = $ctx->{qp}->{t} || '';
-	my $lim = 200; # this is our window
 	my $opts = { limit => $lim };
 	my ($after, $before);
 
@@ -1094,7 +1093,7 @@ }
 
 sub index_topics {
 	my ($ctx) = @_;
-	my $msgs = paginate_recent($ctx);
+	my $msgs = paginate_recent($ctx, 200); # 200 is our window
 	if (@$msgs) {
 		walk_thread(thread_results($ctx, $msgs), $ctx, *acc_topic);
 	}