diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d88075d92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+*.add
+_ReSharper*
+*.suo
+[Dd]ebug/
+[Rr]elease/
+x64/
+build/
+[Bb]in/
+[Oo]bj/
+*ReSharper.user
+TestResults/*
+Examine.Web.Demo/App_Data/*
+*.user
+build/Releases/*
+packages/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Projects/Examine/LuceneEngine/Providers/BaseLuceneSearcher.cs b/Projects/Examine/LuceneEngine/Providers/BaseLuceneSearcher.cs
index ccdfb3afe..cdef1fa6b 100644
--- a/Projects/Examine/LuceneEngine/Providers/BaseLuceneSearcher.cs
+++ b/Projects/Examine/LuceneEngine/Providers/BaseLuceneSearcher.cs
@@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ internal ISearchResults TextSearchAllFields(string searchText, bool useWildcards
         /// <returns></returns>
         [SecuritySafeCritical]
         public override ISearchResults Search(ISearchCriteria searchParams)
+        {
+            return Search(searchParams, 0);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Performs a search with a maximum number of results
+        /// </summary>        
+        [SecuritySafeCritical]
+        public ISearchResults Search(ISearchCriteria searchParams, int maxResults)
         {
             var searcher = GetSearcher();
 
@@ -165,7 +174,7 @@ public override ISearchResults Search(ISearchCriteria searchParams)
             if (luceneParams == null)
                 throw new ArgumentException("Provided ISearchCriteria dos not match the allowed ISearchCriteria. Ensure you only use an ISearchCriteria created from the current SearcherProvider");
 
-            var pagesResults = new SearchResults(luceneParams.Query, luceneParams.SortFields, searcher);
+            var pagesResults = new SearchResults(luceneParams.Query, luceneParams.SortFields, searcher, maxResults);
             return pagesResults;
         }
 
diff --git a/Projects/Examine/LuceneEngine/SearchResults.cs b/Projects/Examine/LuceneEngine/SearchResults.cs
index 86e3d7ace..5c2297db0 100644
--- a/Projects/Examine/LuceneEngine/SearchResults.cs
+++ b/Projects/Examine/LuceneEngine/SearchResults.cs
@@ -56,11 +56,20 @@ internal SearchResults(Query query, IEnumerable<SortField> sortField, Searcher s
             LuceneQuery = query;
 
             LuceneSearcher = searcher;
-            DoSearch(query, sortField);
+            DoSearch(query, sortField, 0);
+        }
+
+        [SecuritySafeCritical]
+        internal SearchResults(Query query, IEnumerable<SortField> sortField, Searcher searcher, int maxResults)
+        {
+            LuceneQuery = query;
+
+            LuceneSearcher = searcher;
+            DoSearch(query, sortField, maxResults);
         }
 
 		[SecuritySafeCritical]
-        private void DoSearch(Query query, IEnumerable<SortField> sortField)
+        private void DoSearch(Query query, IEnumerable<SortField> sortField, int maxResults)
         {
             //This try catch is because analyzers strip out stop words and sometimes leave the query
             //with null values. This simply tries to extract terms, if it fails with a null
@@ -85,15 +94,17 @@ private void DoSearch(Query query, IEnumerable<SortField> sortField)
                 //swallow this exception, we should continue if this occurs.
             }
 
+		    maxResults = maxResults > 1 ? maxResults : LuceneSearcher.MaxDoc();
+
             if (sortField.Count() == 0)
             {
-                var topDocs = LuceneSearcher.Search(query, null, LuceneSearcher.MaxDoc(), new Sort());
+                var topDocs = LuceneSearcher.Search(query, null, maxResults, new Sort());
                 _collector = new AllHitsCollector(topDocs.scoreDocs);
                 topDocs = null;
             }
             else
             {
-                var topDocs = LuceneSearcher.Search(query, null, LuceneSearcher.MaxDoc(), new Sort(sortField.ToArray()));
+                var topDocs = LuceneSearcher.Search(query, null, maxResults, new Sort(sortField.ToArray()));
                 _collector = new AllHitsCollector(topDocs.scoreDocs);
                 topDocs = null;
             }