diff --git a/app/Services/SearchApiV2Service.php b/app/Services/SearchApiV2Service.php
index f17fe3e84..6d28c949f 100644
--- a/app/Services/SearchApiV2Service.php
+++ b/app/Services/SearchApiV2Service.php
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ class SearchApiV2Service
         $q = $this->query->input('q');
         $limit = $this->query->input('limit') ?? 20;
         $offset = $this->query->input('offset') ?? 0;
-
         $query = Str::startsWith($q, '#') ? substr($q, 1) : $q;
         $query = $query.'%';
 
@@ -214,6 +213,9 @@ class SearchApiV2Service
         $user = request()->user();
         $mastodonMode = self::$mastodonMode;
         $query = urldecode($this->query->input('q'));
+        $limit = $this->query->input('limit') ?? 20;
+        $offset = $this->query->input('offset') ?? 0;
+
         $banned = InstanceService::getBannedDomains();
         $domainBlocks = UserFilterService::domainBlocks($user->profile_id);
         if ($domainBlocks && count($domainBlocks)) {
@@ -252,7 +254,12 @@ class SearchApiV2Service
                     if (in_array($domain, $banned)) {
                         return $default;
                     }
-                    $default['accounts'][] = $res;
+                    $paginated = collect($res)->take($limit)->skip($offset)->toArray();
+                    if (! empty($paginated)) {
+                        $default['accounts'][] = $paginated;
+                    } else {
+                        $default['accounts'] = [];
+                    }
 
                     return $default;
                 } else {
@@ -271,7 +278,12 @@ class SearchApiV2Service
                     if (in_array($domain, $banned)) {
                         return $default;
                     }
-                    $default['accounts'][] = $res;
+                    $paginated = collect($res)->take($limit)->skip($offset)->toArray();
+                    if (! empty($paginated)) {
+                        $default['accounts'][] = $paginated;
+                    } else {
+                        $default['accounts'] = [];
+                    }
 
                     return $default;
                 } else {