diff --git a/client/web-sveltekit/src/routes/search/+page.ts b/client/web-sveltekit/src/routes/search/+page.ts
index 817889fa698..15a343b4d68 100644
--- a/client/web-sveltekit/src/routes/search/+page.ts
+++ b/client/web-sveltekit/src/routes/search/+page.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class NonCachingStreamManager {
 
 const streamManager = browser ? new CachingStreamManager() : new NonCachingStreamManager()
 
-export const load: PageLoad = ({ url, depends }) => {
+export const load: PageLoad = async ({ parent, url, depends }) => {
     const hasQuery = url.searchParams.has('q')
     const cachePolicy = getCachePolicyFromURL(url)
     const trace = url.searchParams.get('trace') ?? undefined
@@ -116,8 +116,7 @@ export const load: PageLoad = ({ url, depends }) => {
             featureOverrides: [],
             chunkMatches: true,
             searchMode,
-            // TODO: populate this from user settings
-            displayLimit: 1500,
+            displayLimit: (await parent()).settings?.['search.displayLimit'] ?? 1500,
             // 5kb is a conservative upper bound on a reasonable line to show
             // to a user. In practice we can likely go much lower.
             maxLineLen: 5 * 1024,