diff --git a/server/src/bin/server.rs b/server/src/bin/server.rs
index be3bcb9..dd54328 100644
--- a/server/src/bin/server.rs
+++ b/server/src/bin/server.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ async fn search(
     results_per_page: Option<usize>,
 ) -> Result<Json<shared::SearchResult>, Debug<NotmuchError>> {
     let page = page.unwrap_or(0);
-    let results_per_page = results_per_page.unwrap_or(10);
+    let results_per_page = results_per_page.unwrap_or(20);
     let query = urlencoding::decode(query).map_err(NotmuchError::from)?;
     info!(" search '{query}'");
     let res = shared::SearchResult {