diff --git a/kernel/api/setting.go b/kernel/api/setting.go
index 13e870b2e..a69c07528 100644
--- a/kernel/api/setting.go
+++ b/kernel/api/setting.go
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ func setSearch(c *gin.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if 1 > s.Limit {
-		s.Limit = 64
+	if 32 > s.Limit {
+		s.Limit = 32
 	}
 
 	oldCaseSensitive := model.Conf.Search.CaseSensitive
diff --git a/kernel/model/conf.go b/kernel/model/conf.go
index 722d61040..ee3e50f90 100644
--- a/kernel/model/conf.go
+++ b/kernel/model/conf.go
@@ -293,6 +293,9 @@ func InitConf() {
 	if 1 > Conf.Search.Limit {
 		Conf.Search.Limit = 64
 	}
+	if 32 > Conf.Search.Limit {
+		Conf.Search.Limit = 32
+	}
 	if 1 > Conf.Search.BacklinkMentionKeywordsLimit {
 		Conf.Search.BacklinkMentionKeywordsLimit = 512
 	}