diff --git a/apps/api/src/search/index.ts b/apps/api/src/search/index.ts
index 0f3a5967..ae624516 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/search/index.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/search/index.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export async function search({
   timeout?: number;
 }) {
   try {
-    if (process.env.SERPER_API_KEY) {
+    if (process.env.SERPER_API_KEY && !tbs) {
       return await serper_search(query, num_results);
     }
     return await google_search(
diff --git a/apps/api/src/search/serper.ts b/apps/api/src/search/serper.ts
index f92f2fc5..2b4ba02e 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/search/serper.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/search/serper.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ dotenv.config();
 export async function serper_search(q, num_results) : Promise<string[]> {
   let data = JSON.stringify({
     q: q,
-    "num": num_results
+    "num": num_results,
+    
   });
 
   let config = {