diff --git a/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php b/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
index 378bf64..8a22957 100644
--- a/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
+++ b/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
@@ -106,24 +106,19 @@ QUERY;
 
     public function findnews(Request $request, $query) {
 	$page = (int)$request->get('pagina', 1);
+	$count = (int)$request->get('aantal', 15);
         if($page <= 0) {
           return abort(400);
         }
-  
+
+	$start = ($page - 1) * $count;
         $query = strip_tags(urldecode($query));
-        $searchRange = [
-            (new \DateTimeImmutable())->setDate(date('Y') + 1 - $page, 1, 1),
-            (new \DateTimeImmutable())->setDate(date('Y') + 2 - $page, 1, 1)];
- 
-        $newsItems = app('db')->select(self::$BASE_SQL
-            . ' AND `news`.`creationdt` >= :startRange AND `news`.`creationdt` <= :endRange'
-            . ' AND MATCH(`content`.`title`, `content`.`content`) AGAINST(:query IN BOOLEAN MODE)'
+        $newsItems = app('db')->select($s=self::$BASE_SQL
+            . ' AND MATCH(`content`.`title`, `content`.`content`) AGAINST(:query IN NATURAL LANGUAGE MODE)'
             . ' ORDER BY COALESCE(`news`.`pubupdatedt`, `news`.`creationdt`) DESC'
-            . ' LIMIT 0, 20', [
+            . ' LIMIT ' . $start . ', ' . $count, [
                 'category' => self::$NEWS_CATEGORY,
                 'secondarycategory' => self::$EXTERNAL_NEWS_CATEGORY,
-                'startRange' => $searchRange[0]->format('Y-m-d'),
-                'endRange' => $searchRange[1]->format('Y-m-d'),
                 'query' => $query
             ]);
 
diff --git a/api/app/Http/Controllers/PodcastController.php b/api/app/Http/Controllers/PodcastController.php
index 498473b..d0ceb84 100644
--- a/api/app/Http/Controllers/PodcastController.php
+++ b/api/app/Http/Controllers/PodcastController.php
@@ -86,22 +86,17 @@ QUERY;
   
     public function findpodcast(Request $request, $query) {
 	$page = (int)$request->get('pagina', 1);
+        $count = (int)$request->get('aantal', 15);
         if($page <= 0) {
           return abort(400);
         }
   
+	$start = ($page - 1) * $count;
         $query = strip_tags(urldecode($query));
-        $searchRange = [
-            (new \DateTimeImmutable())->setDate(date('Y') + 1 - $page, 1, 1),
-            (new \DateTimeImmutable())->setDate(date('Y') + 2 - $page, 1, 1)];
- 
         $podcasts = app('db')->select(self::$BASE_SQL
-            . ' AND `podcast_meta`.`creationdt` >= :startRange AND `podcast_meta`.`creationdt` <= :endRange'
-            . ' AND MATCH(`podcast_meta`.`title`, `podcast_meta`.`content`) AGAINST(:query IN BOOLEAN MODE)'
+            . ' AND MATCH(`podcast_meta`.`title`, `podcast_meta`.`content`) AGAINST(:query IN NATURAL LANGUAGE MODE)'
             . ' ORDER BY `creationdt` DESC'
-            . ' LIMIT 0, 20', [
-                'startRange' => $searchRange[0]->format('Y-m-d'),
-                'endRange' => $searchRange[1]->format('Y-m-d'),
+            . ' LIMIT ' . $start . ', ' . $count, [
                 'query' => $query
             ]);