diff --git a/src/main/java/it/cavallium/dbengine/lucene/searcher/SimpleStreamSearcher.java b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/dbengine/lucene/searcher/SimpleStreamSearcher.java
index 9e1ac1b..34d17a3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/cavallium/dbengine/lucene/searcher/SimpleStreamSearcher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/dbengine/lucene/searcher/SimpleStreamSearcher.java
@@ -32,30 +32,44 @@ public class SimpleStreamSearcher implements LuceneStreamSearcher {
 				scoreMode != ScoreMode.COMPLETE_NO_SCORES,
 				1000
 		);
+		var firstTopDocs = searcher.getTopDocs(0, 1);
+		long totalHitsCount = firstTopDocs.totalHits.value;
 		return new LuceneSearchInstance() {
 			@Override
-			public long getTotalHitsCount() throws IOException {
-				return searcher.getTopDocs(0, 1).totalHits.value;
+			public long getTotalHitsCount() {
+				return totalHitsCount;
 			}
 
 			@Override
 			public void getResults(ResultItemConsumer resultsConsumer) throws IOException {
-				ObjectArrayList<ScoreDoc> hits = ObjectArrayList.wrap(searcher.getTopDocs(offset, limit).scoreDocs);
-				for (ScoreDoc hit : hits) {
-					int docId = hit.doc;
-					float score = hit.score;
-					if (LuceneUtils.collectTopDoc(logger,
-							docId,
-							score,
-							minCompetitiveScore,
-							indexSearcher,
-							keyFieldName,
-							resultsConsumer
-					) == HandleResult.HALT) {
-						return;
+				if (firstTopDocs.scoreDocs.length > 0) {
+					{
+						var hit = firstTopDocs.scoreDocs[0];
+						if (publishHit(hit, resultsConsumer) == HandleResult.HALT) {
+							return;
+						}
+					}
+					ObjectArrayList<ScoreDoc> hits = ObjectArrayList.wrap(searcher.getTopDocs(offset, limit - 1).scoreDocs);
+					for (ScoreDoc hit : hits) {
+						if (publishHit(hit, resultsConsumer) == HandleResult.HALT) {
+							return;
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			}
+
+			private HandleResult publishHit(ScoreDoc hit, ResultItemConsumer resultsConsumer) throws IOException {
+				int docId = hit.doc;
+				float score = hit.score;
+				return LuceneUtils.collectTopDoc(logger,
+						docId,
+						score,
+						minCompetitiveScore,
+						indexSearcher,
+						keyFieldName,
+						resultsConsumer
+				);
+			}
 		};
 	}
 }