diff --git a/prez/config.py b/prez/config.py
index a3f507b4..a14390ba 100755
--- a/prez/config.py
+++ b/prez/config.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class Settings(BaseSettings):
     system_uri: Optional[str] = f"{protocol}://{host}:{port}"
     order_lists_by_label: bool = True
     listing_count_limit: int = 100
+    search_count_limit: int = 10
     label_predicates: Optional[List[URIRef]] = [
         SKOS.prefLabel,
         DCTERMS.title,
diff --git a/prez/dependencies.py b/prez/dependencies.py
index 679309ee..7581b39a 100755
--- a/prez/dependencies.py
+++ b/prez/dependencies.py
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ async def generate_search_query(request: Request):
         escaped_term = escape_for_lucene_and_sparql(term)
         predicates = request.query_params.getlist("predicates")
         page = request.query_params.get("page", 1)
-        per_page = request.query_params.get("per_page", 10)
-        limit = int(per_page)
+        per_page = request.query_params.get("per_page")
+        limit = int(per_page) if per_page else settings.search_count_limit
         offset = limit * (int(page) - 1)
 
         return SearchQueryRegex(
diff --git a/prez/services/listings.py b/prez/services/listings.py
index 5598b7c2..d14fb954 100755
--- a/prez/services/listings.py
+++ b/prez/services/listings.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from sparql_grammar_pydantic import IRI, Var, TriplesSameSubject
 
 from prez.cache import endpoints_graph_cache
+from prez.config import settings
 from prez.reference_data.prez_ns import PREZ, ALTREXT, ONT
 from prez.renderers.renderer import return_from_graph
 from prez.services.link_generation import add_prez_links
@@ -98,7 +99,11 @@ async def listing_function(
     # count search results - hard to do in SPARQL as the SELECT part of the query is NOT aggregated
     if search_query:
         count = len(list(item_graph.subjects(RDF.type, PREZ.SearchResult)))
-        item_graph.add((PREZ.SearchResult, PREZ["count"], Literal(count)))
+        if count == search_query.limit:
+            count_literal = f">{count-1}"
+        else:
+            count_literal = f"{count}"
+        item_graph.add((PREZ.SearchResult, PREZ["count"], Literal(count_literal)))
     return await return_from_graph(
         item_graph,
         pmts.selected["mediatype"],
diff --git a/prez/services/query_generation/search.py b/prez/services/query_generation/search.py
index fab138ae..b4bbb20a 100755
--- a/prez/services/query_generation/search.py
+++ b/prez/services/query_generation/search.py
@@ -46,25 +46,25 @@
 
 
 class SearchQueryRegex(ConstructQuery):
-    limit: int = 10  # specify here to make available as attribute
-    offset: int = 0  # specify here to make available as attribute
-
     def __init__(
         self,
         term: str,
+        limit: int,
+        offset: int,
         predicates: Optional[List[str]] = None,
-        limit: int = 10,
-        offset: int = 0,
     ):
+
+        limit += 1  # increase the limit by one so we know if there are further pages of results.
+
+        if not predicates:
+            predicates = settings.default_search_predicates
+
         sr_uri: Var = Var(value="focus_node")
         pred: Var = Var(value="pred")
         match: Var = Var(value="match")
         weight: Var = Var(value="weight")
         hashid: Var = Var(value="hashID")
 
-        if not predicates:
-            predicates = settings.default_search_predicates
-
         ct_map = {
             IRI(value=PREZ.searchResultWeight): weight,
             IRI(value=PREZ.searchResultPredicate): pred,
@@ -376,3 +376,11 @@ def order_by(self):
     @property
     def order_by_direction(self):
         return "DESC"
+
+    @property
+    def limit(self):
+        return self.where_clause.group_graph_pattern.content.solution_modifier.limit_offset.limit_clause.limit
+
+    @property
+    def offset(self):
+        return self.where_clause.group_graph_pattern.content.solution_modifier.limit_offset.offset_clause.offset
diff --git a/tests/test_query_construction.py b/tests/test_query_construction.py
index afbd57da..c1693175 100755
--- a/tests/test_query_construction.py
+++ b/tests/test_query_construction.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def test_basic_listing():
 
 
 def test_search_query_regex():
-    sq = SearchQueryRegex(term="test", predicates=[RDFS.label])
+    sq = SearchQueryRegex(term="test", predicates=[RDFS.label], limit=10, offset=0)
     test = PrezQueryConstructor(
         profile_triples=[
             TriplesSameSubjectPath.from_spo(