diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index dc3dff6..db37360 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -79,4 +79,4 @@ def search_profiles(
         for p in profile_store.values()
         if q.lower() in p["username"].lower() or q.lower() in p["bio"].lower()
     ]
-    return {"results": results[offset : offset + limit - 1], "total": len(results)}
+    return {"results": results[offset : offset + limit], "total": len(results)}
diff --git a/tests/test_search.py b/tests/test_search.py
index 4e1f460..1c48c22 100644
--- a/tests/test_search.py
+++ b/tests/test_search.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 client = TestClient(app)
 
 
-def test_search_with_query():
+def test_search_with_query(clean_store):
     profile_store["alice"] = {"username": "alice", "bio": "dev"}
     profile_store["alex"] = {"username": "alex", "bio": "designer"}
     profile_store["bob"] = {"username": "bob", "bio": "manager"}
@@ -19,8 +19,21 @@ def test_search_with_query():
     assert len(data["results"]) == 2
 
 
-def test_search_empty_query():
+def test_search_empty_query(clean_store):
     profile_store["carol"] = {"username": "carol", "bio": "tester"}
     response = client.get("/search?q=")
     data = response.json()
     assert data["total"] > 0
+
+
+def test_search_pagination(clean_store):
+    profile_store["alice"] = {"username": "alice", "bio": "dev"}
+    profile_store["alex"] = {"username": "alex", "bio": "designer"}
+    profile_store["anna"] = {"username": "anna", "bio": "engineer"}
+    profile_store["amy"] = {"username": "amy", "bio": "tester"}
+    profile_store["adam"] = {"username": "adam", "bio": "manager"}
+
+    response = client.get("/search?q=a&limit=3")
+    data = response.json()
+    assert data["total"] == 5
+    assert len(data["results"]) == 3