diff --git a/views/settings.tpl b/views/settings.tpl
index a50a042..628bfa2 100644
--- a/views/settings.tpl
+++ b/views/settings.tpl
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 <form action="set" method="get">
 	<b>Find similar</b> <small class="gray">(1 or 0, show "squats" and "squatter")</small>
 	<input name="stem" value={{stem}}>
+	<b>Max results</b> <small class="gray">(maximum number of results to show)</small>
+	<input name="maxresults" value={{maxresults}}>
 	<hr>
 	<b>Context words</b> <small class="gray">(number of words shown in search results)</small>
 	<input name="context" value={{context}}>
diff --git a/webui.py b/webui.py
index fcdba64..5d45c67 100755
--- a/webui.py
+++ b/webui.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ DEFAULTS = {
     'timefmt': '%c',
     'dirdepth': 3,
     'maxchars': 500,
+    'maxresults': 100,
 }
 
 # sort fields/labels
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ def recoll_search(q, sort, ascending):
         nres = query.execute(q, int(config['stem']))
     except:
         nres = 0
-    for i in range(0, nres):
+    for i in range(0, min(nres, int(config['maxresults']))):
         doc = query.fetchone()
         d = {}
         for f in FIELDS: