diff --git a/plugins/sphinx/sphindex_ b/plugins/sphinx/sphindex_
index 34ed21c3..025a6762 100755
--- a/plugins/sphinx/sphindex_
+++ b/plugins/sphinx/sphindex_
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ else:
 
     client = sphinxsearch.SphinxClient()
     client.SetServer(server, port)
+    client.SetLimits(0, 1, 0, 0)
     result = client.Query("", indexName)
     docCount = result["total_found"]