diff --git a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/SearchController.cs b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/SearchController.cs
index 2e7f20f2..3066ec74 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/Controllers/SearchController.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/Controllers/SearchController.cs
@@ -75,24 +75,26 @@ namespace AyaNova.Api.Controllers
         /// <param name="ayaType"></param>
         /// <param name="id"></param>
         /// <param name="phrase"></param>
+        ///  <param name="max"></param>
         /// <returns>A search result excerpt of object</returns>
         [HttpGet("Info/{ayaType}/{id}")]
-        public async Task<IActionResult> GetInfo([FromRoute] AyaType ayaType, [FromRoute] long id, [FromQuery] string phrase)
+        public async Task<IActionResult> GetInfo([FromRoute] AyaType ayaType, [FromRoute] long id, [FromQuery] string phrase, [FromQuery] int max = 80)
         {
             if (serverState.IsClosed)
                 return StatusCode(503, new ApiErrorResponse(serverState.ApiErrorCode, null, serverState.Reason));
-          
+
             if (!Authorized.HasReadFullRole(HttpContext.Items, ayaType))
                 return StatusCode(403, new ApiNotAuthorizedResponse());
 
             if (!ModelState.IsValid)
                 return BadRequest(new ApiErrorResponse(ModelState));
-            if(id==0){
-                 return NotFound();
+            if (id == 0)
+            {
+                return NotFound();
             }
-            
-            var res = await Search.GetInfoAsync(ct, UserTranslationIdFromContext.Id(HttpContext.Items), 
-            UserRolesFromContext.Roles(HttpContext.Items),UserIdFromContext.Id(HttpContext.Items), phrase, ayaType, id);
+
+            var res = await Search.GetInfoAsync(ct, UserTranslationIdFromContext.Id(HttpContext.Items),
+            UserRolesFromContext.Roles(HttpContext.Items), UserIdFromContext.Id(HttpContext.Items), phrase, max, ayaType, id);
 
             return Ok(ApiOkResponse.Response(res, true));
         }
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/Search.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/Search.cs
index 6a219902..0e41f316 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/Search.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/Search.cs
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
         #region Get info (excerpt)
         public static async Task<string> GetInfoAsync(AyContext ct, long translationId,
-        AuthorizationRoles currentUserRoles, long userId, string phrase, AyaType ayaType, long id)
+        AuthorizationRoles currentUserRoles, long userId, string phrase, int max, AyaType ayaType, long id)
         {
             //escape literal percentage signs first just in case they are searching for 50% off or something
             //https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/functions-matching.html#FUNCTIONS-LIKE
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
             //extract and rank here
             ExtractAndRank er = new ExtractAndRank();
-            er.Process(searchParams, PhraseItems.ToArray());
+            er.Process(searchParams, PhraseItems.ToArray(), max);
             // sr.Extract = er.Extract;
             // sr.Rank = er.Ranking;
 
@@ -426,11 +426,10 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
             #region public methods
             /// <summary>
             /// Do the extraction and ranking
-            /// </summary>
-            /// <param name="searchObjectParams"></param>
-            /// <param name="searchTerms"></param>
-            public void Process(SearchIndexProcessObjectParameters searchObjectParams, string[] searchTerms)
+            /// </summary>          
+            public void Process(SearchIndexProcessObjectParameters searchObjectParams, string[] searchTerms, int max)
             {
+                this.maximumCharactersToExtract = max;
 
                 ranking = 0;
                 extract = "";