diff --git a/htroot/yacysearch.java b/htroot/yacysearch.java
index e231e9953..e4a98ae94 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearch.java
+++ b/htroot/yacysearch.java
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public class yacysearch {
         // collect search attributes
         boolean newsearch = post.hasValue("query") && post.hasValue("former") && !post.get("query","").equalsIgnoreCase(post.get("former","")); //new search term
         
-        int itemsPerPage = Math.min((authenticated) ? 1000 : 10, post.getInt("maximumRecords", post.getInt("count", 10))); // SRU syntax with old property as alternative
+        int itemsPerPage = Math.min((authenticated) ? 1000 : 20, post.getInt("maximumRecords", post.getInt("count", 10))); // SRU syntax with old property as alternative
         int offset = (newsearch) ? 0 : post.getInt("startRecord", post.getInt("offset", 0));
         
         boolean global = post.get("resource", "local").equals("global");