diff --git a/pkg/models/search.go b/pkg/models/search.go
index 37805a4c..24f45272 100644
--- a/pkg/models/search.go
+++ b/pkg/models/search.go
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ type MemorySearchResult struct {
 }
 
 type MemorySearchPayload struct {
-	Text      string                 `json:"text"`
-	Metadata  map[string]interface{} `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
-	Type      SearchType             `json:"type"`
-	MMRLambda float32                `json:"mmr_lambda,omitempty"`
+	Text       string                 `json:"text"`
+	Metadata   map[string]interface{} `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
+	SearchType SearchType             `json:"search_type"`
+	MMRLambda  float32                `json:"mmr_lambda,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type DocumentSearchPayload struct {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type DocumentSearchPayload struct {
 	Text           string                 `json:"text,omitempty"`
 	Embedding      []float32              `json:"embedding,omitempty"`
 	Metadata       map[string]interface{} `json:"metadata,omitempty"`
-	Type           SearchType             `json:"type"`
+	SearchType     SearchType             `json:"search_type"`
 	MMRLambda      float32                `json:"mmr_lambda,omitempty"`
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/server/document_routes_test.go b/pkg/server/document_routes_test.go
index 5d4c8d67..087d449d 100644
--- a/pkg/server/document_routes_test.go
+++ b/pkg/server/document_routes_test.go
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ func TestSearchDocumentsHandler(t *testing.T) {
 			Metadata: map[string]interface{}{
 				"where": map[string]interface{}{"jsonpath": "$[*] ? (@.key == 'value')"},
 			},
-			Type: searchType,
+			SearchType: searchType,
 		}
 		p, err := json.Marshal(q)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/pkg/store/postgres/document_search.go b/pkg/store/postgres/document_search.go
index 43cf25de..09649073 100644
--- a/pkg/store/postgres/document_search.go
+++ b/pkg/store/postgres/document_search.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func (dso *documentSearchOperation) Execute() (*models.DocumentSearchResultPage,
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error executing search: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	if dso.searchPayload.Type == models.SearchTypeMMR {
+	if dso.searchPayload.SearchType == models.SearchTypeMMR {
 		results, err = dso.reRankMMR(results)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reranking results: %w", err)
@@ -200,8 +200,11 @@ func (dso *documentSearchOperation) buildQuery(db bun.IDB) (*bun.SelectQuery, er
 	// If we're using MMR, we need to add a limit of 2x the requested limit to allow for the MMR
 	// algorithm to rerank and filter out results.
 	limit := dso.limit
-	if dso.searchPayload.Type == models.SearchTypeMMR {
+	if dso.searchPayload.SearchType == models.SearchTypeMMR {
 		limit *= DefaultMMRMultiplier
+		if limit < 10 {
+			limit = 10
+		}
 	}
 	query = query.Limit(limit)
 
diff --git a/pkg/store/postgres/document_search_test.go b/pkg/store/postgres/document_search_test.go
index 40fa7101..82ed8289 100644
--- a/pkg/store/postgres/document_search_test.go
+++ b/pkg/store/postgres/document_search_test.go
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ func TestReRankMMR(t *testing.T) {
 	// Initialize a documentSearchOperation with a searchPayload of type MMR
 	dso := &documentSearchOperation{
 		searchPayload: &models.DocumentSearchPayload{
-			Type:      models.SearchTypeMMR,
-			MMRLambda: 0.5,
+			SearchType: models.SearchTypeMMR,
+			MMRLambda:  0.5,
 		},
 		queryVector: []float32{0.1, 0.2, 0.3},
 		limit:       2,
diff --git a/pkg/store/postgres/search_memory.go b/pkg/store/postgres/search_memory.go
index fdce96a1..a42c234b 100644
--- a/pkg/store/postgres/search_memory.go
+++ b/pkg/store/postgres/search_memory.go
@@ -69,11 +69,15 @@ func searchMessages(
 
 	// If we're using MMR, we need to return more results than the limit so we can
 	// rerank them.
-	if query.Type == models.SearchTypeMMR {
+	if query.SearchType == models.SearchTypeMMR {
 		if query.MMRLambda == 0 {
 			query.MMRLambda = DefaultMMRLambda
 		}
-		dbQuery = dbQuery.Limit(limit * DefaultMMRMultiplier)
+		tmpLimit := limit * DefaultMMRMultiplier
+		if tmpLimit < 10 {
+			tmpLimit = 10
+		}
+		dbQuery = dbQuery.Limit(tmpLimit)
 	} else {
 		dbQuery = dbQuery.Limit(limit)
 	}
@@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ func searchMessages(
 	filteredResults := filterValidMessageSearchResults(results, query.Metadata)
 
 	// If we're using MMR, rerank the results.
-	if query.Type == models.SearchTypeMMR {
+	if query.SearchType == models.SearchTypeMMR {
 		filteredResults, err = rerankMMR(filteredResults, queryEmbedding, query.MMRLambda, limit)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, store.NewStorageError("error applying mmr", err)
@@ -128,7 +132,7 @@ func buildMessagesSelectQuery(
 		ColumnExpr("m.metadata AS message__metadata").
 		ColumnExpr("m.token_count AS message__token_count")
 
-	if query.Type == models.SearchTypeMMR {
+	if query.SearchType == models.SearchTypeMMR {
 		dbQuery = dbQuery.ColumnExpr("me.embedding AS embedding")
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/store/postgres/search_memory_test.go b/pkg/store/postgres/search_memory_test.go
index 72ba8d20..98db7712 100644
--- a/pkg/store/postgres/search_memory_test.go
+++ b/pkg/store/postgres/search_memory_test.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestMemorySearch(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			q := models.MemorySearchPayload{Text: tc.query, Type: tc.searchType}
+			q := models.MemorySearchPayload{Text: tc.query, SearchType: tc.searchType}
 			expectedLastN := tc.limit
 			if expectedLastN == 0 {
 				expectedLastN = 10 // Default value