diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/services/federated/solr/AbstractSolrConnector.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/services/federated/solr/AbstractSolrConnector.java
index cba649875..530e63888 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/services/federated/solr/AbstractSolrConnector.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/services/federated/solr/AbstractSolrConnector.java
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractSolrConnector implements SolrConnector {
         catchallQuery.setRows(1);
         catchallQuery.setStart(0);
     }
+    public final static SolrQuery catchSuccessQuery = new SolrQuery();
+    static {
+        catchallQuery.setQuery("-" + YaCySchema.failreason_t.name() + ":[* TO *]");
+        catchallQuery.setFields(YaCySchema.id.name());
+        catchallQuery.setRows(1);
+        catchallQuery.setStart(0);
+    }
     private final static int pagesize = 10;
     
     @Override
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/services/federated/solr/SolrServerConnector.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/services/federated/solr/SolrServerConnector.java
index 9b91faf73..856a57346 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/services/federated/solr/SolrServerConnector.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/services/federated/solr/SolrServerConnector.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public abstract class SolrServerConnector extends AbstractSolrConnector implemen
     @Override
     public long getSize() {
         try {
-            final QueryResponse rsp = query(AbstractSolrConnector.catchallQuery);
+            final QueryResponse rsp = query(AbstractSolrConnector.catchSuccessQuery);
             if (rsp == null) return 0;
             final SolrDocumentList docs = rsp.getResults();
             if (docs == null) return 0;