diff --git a/src/app/search/components/searchResultsPanel/index.tsx b/src/app/search/components/searchResultsPanel/index.tsx
index 023f6bf3..128ab9b2 100644
--- a/src/app/search/components/searchResultsPanel/index.tsx
+++ b/src/app/search/components/searchResultsPanel/index.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 'use client';
 
-import { ScrollArea } from "@/components/ui/scroll-area";
-import { Scrollbar } from "@radix-ui/react-scroll-area";
-import { FileMatchContainer } from "./fileMatchContainer";
 import { SearchResultFile } from "@/lib/types";
+import { FileMatchContainer } from "./fileMatchContainer";
 
 interface SearchResultsPanelProps {
     fileMatches: SearchResultFile[];
@@ -16,32 +14,16 @@ export const SearchResultsPanel = ({
     onOpenFileMatch,
     onMatchIndexChanged,
 }: SearchResultsPanelProps) => {
-
-    if (fileMatches.length === 0) {
-        return (
-            <div className="flex flex-col items-center justify-center h-full">
-                <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">No results found</p>
-            </div>
-        );
-    }
-
-    return (
-        <ScrollArea
-            className="h-full"
-        >
-            {fileMatches.map((fileMatch, index) => (
-                <FileMatchContainer
-                    key={index}
-                    file={fileMatch}
-                    onOpenFile={() => {
-                        onOpenFileMatch(fileMatch);
-                    }}
-                    onMatchIndexChanged={(matchIndex) => {
-                        onMatchIndexChanged(matchIndex);
-                    }}
-                />
-            ))}
-            <Scrollbar orientation="vertical" />
-        </ScrollArea>
-    )
+    return fileMatches.map((fileMatch, index) => (
+        <FileMatchContainer
+            key={index}
+            file={fileMatch}
+            onOpenFile={() => {
+                onOpenFileMatch(fileMatch);
+            }}
+            onMatchIndexChanged={(matchIndex) => {
+                onMatchIndexChanged(matchIndex);
+            }}
+        />
+    ))
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/search/page.tsx b/src/app/search/page.tsx
index 0690f8c1..ce0981e6 100644
--- a/src/app/search/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/search/page.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { SymbolIcon } from "@radix-ui/react-icons";
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import Image from "next/image";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
-import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import logoDark from "../../../public/sb_logo_dark.png";
 import logoLight from "../../../public/sb_logo_light.png";
 import { search } from "../api/(client)/client";
@@ -22,14 +22,22 @@ import useCaptureEvent from "@/hooks/useCaptureEvent";
 import { CodePreviewPanel } from "./components/codePreviewPanel";
 import { SearchResultsPanel } from "./components/searchResultsPanel";
 import { SearchResultFile } from "@/lib/types";
+import { ScrollArea } from "@/components/ui/scroll-area";
+import { Scrollbar } from "@radix-ui/react-scroll-area";
+
+const DEFAULT_MAX_MATCH_DISPLAY_COUNT = 200;
+
+export enum SearchQueryParams {
+    query = "query",
+    maxMatchDisplayCount = "maxMatchDisplayCount",
+}
 
-const DEFAULT_NUM_RESULTS = 100;
 
 export default function SearchPage() {
     const router = useRouter();
-    const searchQuery = useNonEmptyQueryParam("query") ?? "";
-    const _numResults = parseInt(useNonEmptyQueryParam("numResults") ?? `${DEFAULT_NUM_RESULTS}`);
-    const numResults = isNaN(_numResults) ? DEFAULT_NUM_RESULTS : _numResults;
+    const searchQuery = useNonEmptyQueryParam(SearchQueryParams.query) ?? "";
+    const _maxMatchDisplayCount = parseInt(useNonEmptyQueryParam(SearchQueryParams.maxMatchDisplayCount) ?? `${DEFAULT_MAX_MATCH_DISPLAY_COUNT}`);
+    const maxMatchDisplayCount = isNaN(_maxMatchDisplayCount) ? DEFAULT_MAX_MATCH_DISPLAY_COUNT : _maxMatchDisplayCount;
 
     const [selectedMatchIndex, setSelectedMatchIndex] = useState(0);
     const [selectedFile, setSelectedFile] = useState<SearchResultFile | undefined>(undefined);
@@ -37,10 +45,10 @@ export default function SearchPage() {
     const captureEvent = useCaptureEvent();
 
     const { data: searchResponse, isLoading } = useQuery({
-        queryKey: ["search", searchQuery, numResults],
+        queryKey: ["search", searchQuery, maxMatchDisplayCount],
         queryFn: () => search({
             query: searchQuery,
-            numResults,
+            maxMatchDisplayCount,
         }),
         enabled: searchQuery.length > 0,
         refetchOnWindowFocus: false,
@@ -93,8 +101,28 @@ export default function SearchPage() {
     }, [searchResponse]);
 
     const isMoreResultsButtonVisible = useMemo(() => {
-        return searchResponse && searchResponse.Result.MatchCount > numResults;
-    }, [searchResponse, numResults]);
+        return searchResponse && searchResponse.Result.MatchCount > maxMatchDisplayCount;
+    }, [searchResponse, maxMatchDisplayCount]);
+
+    const numMatches = useMemo(() => {
+        // Accumualtes the number of matches across all files
+        return searchResponse?.Result.Files?.reduce(
+            (acc, file) =>
+                acc + file.ChunkMatches.reduce(
+                    (acc, chunk) => acc + chunk.Ranges.length,
+                    0,
+                ),
+            0,
+        ) ?? 0;
+    }, [searchResponse]);
+
+    const onLoadMoreResults = useCallback(() => {
+        const url = createPathWithQueryParams('/search',
+            [SearchQueryParams.query, searchQuery],
+            [SearchQueryParams.maxMatchDisplayCount, `${maxMatchDisplayCount * 2}`],
+        )
+        router.push(url);
+    }, [maxMatchDisplayCount, router, searchQuery]);
 
     return (
         <div className="flex flex-col h-screen overflow-clip">
@@ -129,20 +157,22 @@ export default function SearchPage() {
                     />
                 </div>
                 <Separator />
-                <div className="bg-accent py-1 px-2 flex flex-row items-center justify-between">
-                    <p className="text-sm font-medium">Results for: {fileMatches.length} files in {searchDurationMs} ms</p>
-                    {isMoreResultsButtonVisible && (
+                <div className="bg-accent py-1 px-2 flex flex-row items-center gap-4">
+                    {
+                        isLoading ? (
+                            <p className="text-sm font-medium">Loading...</p>
+                        ) : fileMatches.length > 0 ? (
+                            <p className="text-sm font-medium">{`[${searchDurationMs} ms] Displaying ${numMatches} matches in ${fileMatches.length} ${fileMatches.length > 1 ? 'files' : 'file'}`}</p>
+                        ) : (
+                            <p className="text-sm font-medium">No results</p>
+                        )
+                    }
+                    {isMoreResultsButtonVisible && !isLoading && (
                         <div
                             className="cursor-pointer text-blue-500 text-sm hover:underline"
-                            onClick={() => {
-                                const url = createPathWithQueryParams('/search',
-                                    ["query", searchQuery],
-                                    ["numResults", `${numResults * 2}`],
-                                )
-                                router.push(url);
-                            }}
+                            onClick={onLoadMoreResults}
                         >
-                            More results
+                            (load more)
                         </div>
                     )}
                 </div>
@@ -157,16 +187,35 @@ export default function SearchPage() {
                             <SymbolIcon className="h-6 w-6 animate-spin" />
                             <p className="font-semibold text-center">Searching...</p>
                         </div>
+                    ) : fileMatches.length > 0 ? (
+                        <ScrollArea
+                            className="h-full"
+                        >
+                            <SearchResultsPanel
+                                fileMatches={fileMatches}
+                                onOpenFileMatch={(fileMatch) => {
+                                    setSelectedFile(fileMatch);
+                                }}
+                                onMatchIndexChanged={(matchIndex) => {
+                                    setSelectedMatchIndex(matchIndex);
+                                }}
+                            />
+                            {isMoreResultsButtonVisible && (
+                                <div className="p-3">
+                                    <span
+                                        className="cursor-pointer text-blue-500 hover:underline"
+                                        onClick={onLoadMoreResults}
+                                    >
+                                        Load more results
+                                    </span>
+                                </div>
+                            )}
+                            <Scrollbar orientation="vertical" />
+                        </ScrollArea>
                     ) : (
-                        <SearchResultsPanel
-                            fileMatches={fileMatches}
-                            onOpenFileMatch={(fileMatch) => {
-                                setSelectedFile(fileMatch);
-                            }}
-                            onMatchIndexChanged={(matchIndex) => {
-                                setSelectedMatchIndex(matchIndex);
-                            }}
-                        />
+                        <div className="flex flex-col items-center justify-center h-full">
+                            <p className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">No results found</p>
+                        </div>
                     )}
                 </ResizablePanel>
                 <ResizableHandle withHandle={selectedFile !== undefined} />
diff --git a/src/app/searchBar.tsx b/src/app/searchBar.tsx
index 4a39c8fb..fc3f2fd1 100644
--- a/src/app/searchBar.tsx
+++ b/src/app/searchBar.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import {
     FormMessage,
 } from "@/components/ui/form";
 import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
-import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
+import { cn, createPathWithQueryParams } from "@/lib/utils";
 import { zodResolver } from "@hookform/resolvers/zod";
 import { cva } from "class-variance-authority";
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation";
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { useForm } from "react-hook-form";
 import { z } from "zod";
 import { useHotkeys } from 'react-hotkeys-hook'
 import { useRef } from "react";
+import { SearchQueryParams } from "./search/page";
 
 interface SearchBarProps {
     className?: string;
@@ -65,7 +66,10 @@ export const SearchBar = ({
     });
 
     const onSubmit = (values: z.infer<typeof formSchema>) => {
-        router.push(`/search?query=${values.query}&numResults=100`);
+        const url = createPathWithQueryParams('/search',
+            [SearchQueryParams.query, values.query],
+        )
+        router.push(url);
     }
 
     return (
diff --git a/src/lib/schemas.ts b/src/lib/schemas.ts
index 3c012bff..fd2f05a0 100644
--- a/src/lib/schemas.ts
+++ b/src/lib/schemas.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { z } from "zod";
 
 export const searchRequestSchema = z.object({
     query: z.string(),
-    numResults: z.number(),
+    maxMatchDisplayCount: z.number(),
     whole: z.boolean().optional(),
 });
 
diff --git a/src/lib/server/searchService.ts b/src/lib/server/searchService.ts
index 2bc57ea1..cb480398 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/searchService.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/searchService.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ import { fileNotFound, invalidZoektResponse, ServiceError, unexpectedError } fro
 import { isServiceError } from "../utils";
 import { zoektFetch } from "./zoektClient";
 
-export const search = async ({ query, numResults, whole }: SearchRequest): Promise<SearchResponse | ServiceError> => {
+export const search = async ({ query, maxMatchDisplayCount, whole }: SearchRequest): Promise<SearchResponse | ServiceError> => {
     const body = JSON.stringify({
         q: query,
         // @see: https://github.com/TaqlaAI/zoekt/blob/main/api.go#L892
         opts: {
             NumContextLines: 2,
             ChunkMatches: true,
-            MaxMatchDisplayCount: numResults,
+            MaxMatchDisplayCount: maxMatchDisplayCount,
             Whole: !!whole,
             ShardMaxMatchCount: SHARD_MAX_MATCH_COUNT,
             TotalMaxMatchCount: TOTAL_MAX_MATCH_COUNT,
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export const getFileSource = async ({ fileName, repository }: FileSourceRequest)
 
     const searchResponse = await search({
         query: `${escapedFileName} repo:^${escapedRepository}$`,
-        numResults: 1,
+        maxMatchDisplayCount: 1,
         whole: true,
     });