lib/PublicInbox/Over.pm | 8 ++++----

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Over.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Over.pm
index 30f2603f7d2a4324d02c1900593c4a80253ba790..b2f68835a42738cce7613c6b544e6d93a9b0123d 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Over.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Over.pm
@@ -120,18 +120,18 @@ 	my ($self, $opts, $after, $before) = @_;
 	my ($s, @v);
 	if (defined($before)) {
 		if (defined($after)) {
-			$s = 'num > 0 AND ts >= ? AND ts <= ? ORDER BY ts DESC';
+			$s = '+num > 0 AND ts >= ? AND ts <= ? ORDER BY ts DESC';
 			@v = ($after, $before);
 		} else {
-			$s = 'num > 0 AND ts <= ? ORDER BY ts DESC';
+			$s = '+num > 0 AND ts <= ? ORDER BY ts DESC';
 			@v = ($before);
 		}
 	} else {
 		if (defined($after)) {
-			$s = 'num > 0 AND ts >= ? ORDER BY ts ASC';
+			$s = '+num > 0 AND ts >= ? ORDER BY ts ASC';
 			@v = ($after);
 		} else {
-			$s = 'num > 0 ORDER BY ts DESC';
+			$s = '+num > 0 ORDER BY ts DESC';
 		}
 	}
 	my $msgs = do_get($self, <<"", $opts, @v);