diff --git a/defaults/yacy.init b/defaults/yacy.init
index da362baae..4ef60b139 100644
--- a/defaults/yacy.init
+++ b/defaults/yacy.init
@@ -693,6 +693,9 @@ indexer.threads = 1
 # maximum size of stacker queue
 stacker.slots = 2000
 
+# number of search results displayed by default
+search.items = 10
+
 # specifies if yacy should set it's own referer if no referer URL
 # was set by the client.
 useYacyReferer = false
diff --git a/htroot/index.html b/htroot/index.html
index c25769966..40600bfe4 100644
--- a/htroot/index.html
+++ b/htroot/index.html
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 	        <input type="radio" id="app" name="contentdom" value="app" #(contentdomCheckApp)#::checked="checked"#(/contentdomCheckApp)# /><label for="app">Applications</label>
         </div>
       #(searchoptions)#
-        <input type="hidden" name="maximumRecords" value="10" />
+        <input type="hidden" name="maximumRecords" value="#[maximumRecords]#" />
         <input type="hidden" name="startRecord" value="0" />
         <input type="hidden" name="resource" value="global" />
         <input type="hidden" name="urlmaskfilter" value=".*" />
diff --git a/htroot/index.java b/htroot/index.java
index a06c7e5e3..ae68473fc 100644
--- a/htroot/index.java
+++ b/htroot/index.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ public class index {
         final int searchoptions = (post == null) ? 0 : post.getInt("searchoptions", 0);
         final String former = (post == null) ? "" : post.get("former", "");
         final int count = Math.min(100, (post == null) ? 10 : post.getInt("count", 10));
+        final int maximumRecords = Integer.parseInt((sb.getConfig(plasmaSwitchboardConstants.DEFAULT_SEARCHITEMS, "10")));
         final String urlmaskfilter = (post == null) ? ".*" : post.get("urlmaskfilter", ".*");
         final String prefermaskfilter = (post == null) ? "" : post.get("prefermaskfilter", "");
         final String constraint = (post == null) ? "" : post.get("constraint", "");
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ public class index {
         prop.put("combine", "0");
         prop.put("resultbottomline", "0");
         prop.put("searchoptions", searchoptions);
+        prop.put("searchoptions_maximumRecords", maximumRecords);
         prop.put("searchoptions_count-10", (count == 10) ? "1" : "0");
         prop.put("searchoptions_count-50", (count == 50) ? "1" : "0");
         prop.put("searchoptions_count-100", (count == 100) ? "1" : "0");
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboardConstants.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboardConstants.java
index 3a2b39015..3ba044963 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboardConstants.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboardConstants.java
@@ -517,6 +517,8 @@ public final class plasmaSwitchboardConstants {
     
     public static final String UPNP_ENABLED			= "upnp.enabled";
     
+    public static final String DEFAULT_SEARCHITEMS 	= "search.items";
+    
     /**
      * system tray
      */