diff --git a/pacmc-app/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/axay/pacmc/app/repoapi/RepositoryApi.kt b/pacmc-app/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/axay/pacmc/app/repoapi/RepositoryApi.kt
index 1d4bab1..3d8518e 100644
--- a/pacmc-app/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/axay/pacmc/app/repoapi/RepositoryApi.kt
+++ b/pacmc-app/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/axay/pacmc/app/repoapi/RepositoryApi.kt
@@ -54,20 +54,21 @@ object RepositoryApi {
     private val curseforgeApi = CurseforgeApi(ktorClient, ktorClientJson, cache)
     private val launcherMetaApi = LauncherMetaApi(ktorClient, ktorClientJson, cache)
 
-    suspend fun RequestContext.search(searchTerm: String, repository: Repository?): List<CommonProjectResult> {
+    suspend fun RequestContext.search(searchTerm: String,
+                                      repository: Repository?, limit: Int): List<CommonProjectResult> {
         val results = mutableListOf<CommonProjectResult>()
 
         coroutineScope {
             val modrinthRequest = async {
                 if (repository == null || repository == Repository.MODRINTH) {
-                    with(modrinthApi) { searchProjects(searchTerm, limit = 8) }?.hits.orEmpty()
+                    with(modrinthApi) { searchProjects(searchTerm, limit = limit) }?.hits.orEmpty()
                         .map(CommonProjectResult.Companion::fromModrinthProjectResult)
                 } else emptyList()
             }
 
             val curseforgeRequest = async {
                 if (repository == null || repository == Repository.CURSEFORGE) {
-                    with(curseforgeApi) { searchProjects(searchTerm, pageSize = 8) }.orEmpty()
+                    with(curseforgeApi) { searchProjects(searchTerm, pageSize = limit) }.orEmpty()
                         .map(CommonProjectResult.Companion::fromCurseforgeMod)
                 } else emptyList()
             }
diff --git a/pacmc-cli/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/axay/pacmc/cli/commands/SearchCommand.kt b/pacmc-cli/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/axay/pacmc/cli/commands/SearchCommand.kt
index 3f2b68c..b63dba8 100644
--- a/pacmc-cli/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/axay/pacmc/cli/commands/SearchCommand.kt
+++ b/pacmc-cli/src/commonMain/kotlin/net/axay/pacmc/cli/commands/SearchCommand.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ package net.axay.pacmc.cli.commands
 
 import com.github.ajalt.clikt.core.CliktCommand
 import com.github.ajalt.clikt.parameters.arguments.argument
+import com.github.ajalt.clikt.parameters.options.option
+import com.github.ajalt.clikt.parameters.options.default
+import com.github.ajalt.clikt.parameters.types.int
 import net.axay.pacmc.app.repoapi.repoApiContext
 import net.axay.pacmc.cli.launchJob
 import net.axay.pacmc.cli.terminal
@@ -13,11 +16,13 @@ class SearchCommand : CliktCommand(
     help = "Search for mods",
 ) {
     private val query by argument()
+    private val searchLimit by option(
+        "-l", "--limit", help = "Number of results to limit search to").int().default(8)
 
     override fun run() = launchJob {
         terminal.println("Searching with the given query '$query'")
 
-        val searchResults = repoApiContext(CachePolicy.ONLY_FRESH) { it.search(query, null) }
+        val searchResults = repoApiContext(CachePolicy.ONLY_FRESH) { it.search(query, null, searchLimit) }
         terminal.println()
 
         if (searchResults.isEmpty()) {