diff --git a/htroot/js/yacyinteractive.js b/htroot/js/yacyinteractive.js
index f1ad1b63f..583597f97 100644
--- a/htroot/js/yacyinteractive.js
+++ b/htroot/js/yacyinteractive.js
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ function xmlhttpPost() {
     var searchform = document.forms['searchform'];
     var rsslink = document.getElementById("rsslink");
     if (rsslink != null) rsslink.href="yacysearch.rss?query=" + searchform.query.value;
-    search(searchform.query.value);
+    search(searchform.query.value, searchform.maximumRecords.value, searchform.startRecord.value);
 }
 
 // static variables
 var start = new Date();
 var query = "";
+var maximumRecords = "1000";
+var startRecord = "0";
 var searchresult;
 var totalResults = 0;
 var filetypes;
@@ -16,8 +18,12 @@ var script = "";
 var modifier = "";
 var modifiertype = "";
 
-function search(search) {
+function search(search, count, offset) {
   query = search;
+  maximumRecords = count;
+  if (count == "") maximumRecords = 1000;
+  startRecord = offset;
+  if (offset == "") startRecord = 0;
   start = new Date();
   if (query == null || query == "") {
     return;
@@ -28,7 +34,7 @@ function search(search) {
   } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
     self.xmlHttpReq = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
   }
-  self.xmlHttpReq.open('GET', "yacysearch.json?verify=false&resource=local&maximumRecords=1000&nav=all&query=" + query, true);
+  self.xmlHttpReq.open('GET', "yacysearch.json?verify=false&resource=local&nav=all&maximumRecords=" + maximumRecords + "&startRecord=" + startRecord + "&query=" + query, true);
   self.xmlHttpReq.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
   self.xmlHttpReq.onreadystatechange = function() {
     if (self.xmlHttpReq.readyState == 4) {
diff --git a/htroot/yacyinteractive.html b/htroot/yacyinteractive.html
index acc083978..462cc4909 100644
--- a/htroot/yacyinteractive.html
+++ b/htroot/yacyinteractive.html
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@
 <script type="text/javascript">
 //<![CDATA[
 var q = "#[query]#";
-if (q != "") search(q);
+var s = "#[startRecord]#";
+var m = "#[maximumRecords]#";
+if (q != "") search(q, m, s);
 //]]>
 </script>
 #(topmenu)#
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@ To see a list of all APIs, please visit the <a href="http://www.yacy-websuche.de
     <a href="#[promoteSearchPageGreeting.homepage]#" class="yacylogo"><img src="#[promoteSearchPageGreeting.smallImage]#" alt="yacysearch"/></a>
   </div>
   <fieldset class="yacys">
+  <input type="hidden" name="maximumRecords" value="#[maximumRecords]#" />
+  <input type="hidden" name="startRecord" value="#[startRecord]#" />
   <input id="search" name="query" type="text" value="#[query]#" size="50" maxlength="80" />
   </fieldset>
   <!--<pre>Raw JSON String: <div id="raw"></div></pre>-->
diff --git a/htroot/yacyinteractive.java b/htroot/yacyinteractive.java
index 116d5f2e4..3793a6062 100644
--- a/htroot/yacyinteractive.java
+++ b/htroot/yacyinteractive.java
@@ -45,9 +45,13 @@ public class yacyinteractive {
         prop.put("promoteSearchPageGreeting", promoteSearchPageGreeting);
         prop.put("promoteSearchPageGreeting.homepage", sb.getConfig(SwitchboardConstants.GREETING_HOMEPAGE, ""));
         prop.put("promoteSearchPageGreeting.smallImage", sb.getConfig(SwitchboardConstants.GREETING_SMALL_IMAGE, ""));
-        
+
         final String query = (post == null) ? "" : post.get("query", "");
+        final String startRecord = (post == null) ? "0" : post.get("startRecord", "");
+        final String maximumRecords = (post == null) ? "1000" : post.get("maximumRecords", "");
         prop.putHTML("query", query);
+        prop.putHTML("startRecord", startRecord);
+        prop.putHTML("maximumRecords", maximumRecords);
         prop.putHTML("querys", query.replaceAll(" ", "+"));
         return prop;
     }
diff --git a/htroot/yacysearch.java b/htroot/yacysearch.java
index c25266962..b8d9aa7c2 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearch.java
+++ b/htroot/yacysearch.java
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public class yacysearch {
         // collect search attributes
         final boolean newsearch =post.hasValue("query") && post.hasValue("former") && !post.get("query","").equalsIgnoreCase(post.get("former","")); //new search term
 
-        int itemsPerPage = Math.min((authenticated) ? (snippetFetchStrategy != null && snippetFetchStrategy.isAllowedToFetchOnline() ? 100 : 1000) : (snippetFetchStrategy != null && snippetFetchStrategy.isAllowedToFetchOnline() ? 20 : 500), post.getInt("maximumRecords", post.getInt("count", 10))); // SRU syntax with old property as alternative
+        int itemsPerPage = Math.min((authenticated) ? (snippetFetchStrategy != null && snippetFetchStrategy.isAllowedToFetchOnline() ? 100 : 5000) : (snippetFetchStrategy != null && snippetFetchStrategy.isAllowedToFetchOnline() ? 20 : 1000), 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));
 
         final int newcount;
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/search/QueryParams.java b/source/de/anomic/search/QueryParams.java
index 941617e9b..b40195aa0 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/search/QueryParams.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/search/QueryParams.java
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ public final class QueryParams {
         this.ranking = ranking;
         this.maxDistance = maxDistance;
         this.contentdom = contentdom;
-        this.itemsPerPage = Math.min((specialRights) ? 1000 : 100, itemsPerPage);
-        this.offset = Math.min((specialRights) ? 10000 : 1000, offset);
+        this.itemsPerPage = Math.min((specialRights) ? 10000 : 1000, itemsPerPage);
+        this.offset = Math.max(0, Math.min((specialRights) ? 10000 - this.itemsPerPage : 1000 - this.itemsPerPage, offset));
         try {
             this.urlMask = Pattern.compile(urlMask.toLowerCase());
         } catch (final PatternSyntaxException ex) {