diff --git a/packages/backend/src/db/meilisearch.ts b/packages/backend/src/db/meilisearch.ts
index 756c092e9b..f404b47214 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/db/meilisearch.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/db/meilisearch.ts
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ const port = hasConfig ? config.meilisearch.port ?? 7700 : 0;
 const auth = hasConfig ? config.meilisearch.apiKey ?? "" : "";
 
 const client = new MeiliSearch({
-	host: 'http://127.0.0.1:7700',
-	apiKey: 'masterKey',
+	host: `http://${host}:${port}`,
+	apiKey: auth,
 })
 
 const posts = client.index('posts');
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ export type MeilisearchNote = {
 export default hasConfig ? {
 	search: (query : string, limit : number, offset : number) => {
 		logger.info(`Searching for ${query}`);
+		logger.info(`Limit: ${limit}`);
+		logger.info(`Offset: ${offset}`);
 
 		return posts.search(query, {
 			limit: limit,
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/search.ts b/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/search.ts
index 0a6737c9b2..425414561b 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/search.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/notes/search.ts
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ export default define(meta, paramDef, async (ps, me) => {
 		// Use meilisearch to fetch and step through all search results that could match the requirements
 		const ids = [];
 		while (true) {
-			const results = await meilisearch.search(ps.query, start, chunkSize);
+			const results = await meilisearch.search(ps.query, chunkSize, start);
 
 			start += chunkSize;
 
@@ -188,19 +188,17 @@ export default define(meta, paramDef, async (ps, me) => {
 			}
 
 			const res = results.hits
-				.filter((key) => {
-					let note = key as MeilisearchNote;
-
-					if (ps.userId && note.userId !== ps.userId) {
+				.filter((key: MeilisearchNote) => {
+					if (ps.userId && key.userId !== ps.userId) {
 						return false;
 					}
-					if (ps.channelId && note.channelId !== ps.channelId) {
+					if (ps.channelId && key.channelId !== ps.channelId) {
 						return false;
 					}
-					if (ps.sinceId && note.id <= ps.sinceId) {
+					if (ps.sinceId && key.id <= ps.sinceId) {
 						return false;
 					}
-					if (ps.untilId && note.id >= ps.untilId) {
+					if (ps.untilId && key.id >= ps.untilId) {
 						return false;
 					}
 					return true;
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/services/note/create.ts b/packages/backend/src/services/note/create.ts
index 158460421f..f6285a61d2 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/services/note/create.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/services/note/create.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ import type { UserProfile } from "@/models/entities/user-profile.js";
 import { db } from "@/db/postgre.js";
 import { getActiveWebhooks } from "@/misc/webhook-cache.js";
 import { shouldSilenceInstance } from "@/misc/should-block-instance.js";
-import meilisearch from "@/db/meilisearch";
+import meilisearch from "../../db/meilisearch.js";
 
 const mutedWordsCache = new Cache<
 	{ userId: UserProfile["userId"]; mutedWords: UserProfile["mutedWords"] }[]