diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 18650d9ac..8c74f3284 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ NOTE: As semantic versioning states all 0.y.z releases can contain breaking chan
 - [#186](https://github.com/kobsio/kobs/pull/186): [jaeger] Fix tooltip position in traces chart.
 - [#189](https://github.com/kobsio/kobs/pull/189): [clickhouse] Fix download of `.csv` fiels.
 - [#191](https://github.com/kobsio/kobs/pull/191): [clickhouse] Fix returned logs, when user selected a custom order.
+- [#196](https://github.com/kobsio/kobs/pull/196): [elasticsearch] Fix number of documents.
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/plugins/elasticsearch/pkg/instance/instance.go b/plugins/elasticsearch/pkg/instance/instance.go
index 82d06abb5..7e584b0fe 100644
--- a/plugins/elasticsearch/pkg/instance/instance.go
+++ b/plugins/elasticsearch/pkg/instance/instance.go
@@ -68,9 +68,14 @@ func (i *Instance) GetLogs(ctx context.Context, query string, timeStart, timeEnd
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
+		var hits int64
+		for _, bucket := range res.Aggregations.LogCount.Buckets {
+			hits = hits + bucket.DocCount
+		}
+
 		data := &Data{
 			Took:      res.Took,
-			Hits:      res.Hits.Total.Value,
+			Hits:      hits,
 			Documents: res.Hits.Hits,
 			Buckets:   res.Aggregations.LogCount.Buckets,
 		}