diff --git a/cmd/search/search.go b/cmd/search/search.go
index 87942ff..5b7afcd 100644
--- a/cmd/search/search.go
+++ b/cmd/search/search.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func NewSearchCommand(logger *slog.Logger) *cobra.Command {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to open index: %w", err)
 			}
 			searcher := search.NewBlugeSearch(reader)
-			res, err := searcher.Search(context.Background(), searchterms.MustParse(args[0]), 1)
+			res, err := searcher.Search(context.Background(), searchterms.MustParse(args[0]))
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("search failed: %w", err)
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/discord/bot.go b/pkg/discord/bot.go
index 1269313..6cf471f 100644
--- a/pkg/discord/bot.go
+++ b/pkg/discord/bot.go
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func NewBot(
 				Options: []*discordgo.ApplicationCommandOption{
 					{
 						Name:         "query",
-						Description:  `Enter a partial quote. Phrase match with "double quotes". Filter with ~publication #s1e01 +10m30s`,
+						Description:  `Phrase match with "quotes". Page with >N e.g. >10. Filter with ~publication #s1e01 +10m30s`,
 						Type:         discordgo.ApplicationCommandOptionString,
 						Required:     true,
 						Autocomplete: true,
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ func (b *Bot) queryBegin(s *discordgo.Session, i *discordgo.InteractionCreate) {
 			return
 		}
 
-		res, err := b.searcher.Search(context.Background(), terms, 0)
+		res, err := b.searcher.Search(context.Background(), terms)
 		if err != nil {
 			b.logger.Error("Failed to fetch autocomplete options", slog.String("err", err.Error()))
 			return
diff --git a/pkg/search/search.go b/pkg/search/search.go
index 8728e94..9b9d27a 100644
--- a/pkg/search/search.go
+++ b/pkg/search/search.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 type Searcher interface {
-	Search(ctx context.Context, f []searchterms.Term, page int32) ([]model.DialogDocument, error)
+	Search(ctx context.Context, f []searchterms.Term) ([]model.DialogDocument, error)
 	Get(ctx context.Context, id string) (*model.DialogDocument, error)
 	ListTerms(ctx context.Context, field string) ([]string, error)
 }
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ type BlugeSearch struct {
 }
 
 func (b *BlugeSearch) Get(ctx context.Context, id string) (*model.DialogDocument, error) {
-	q, err := bluge_query.NewBlugeQuery([]searchterms.Term{{Field: "_id", Value: searchterms.String(id), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq}})
+	q, _, err := bluge_query.NewBlugeQuery([]searchterms.Term{{Field: "_id", Value: searchterms.String(id), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq}})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("filter was invalid: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -50,14 +50,19 @@ func (b *BlugeSearch) Get(ctx context.Context, id string) (*model.DialogDocument
 	return scanDocument(match)
 }
 
-func (b *BlugeSearch) Search(ctx context.Context, f []searchterms.Term, page int32) ([]model.DialogDocument, error) {
+func (b *BlugeSearch) Search(ctx context.Context, f []searchterms.Term) ([]model.DialogDocument, error) {
 
-	query, err := bluge_query.NewBlugeQuery(f)
+	query, offset, err := bluge_query.NewBlugeQuery(f)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	req := bluge.NewTopNSearch(PageSize, query).SetFrom(PageSize * int(page))
+	setFrom := 0
+	if offset != nil {
+		setFrom = int(*offset)
+	}
+
+	req := bluge.NewTopNSearch(PageSize, query).SetFrom(setFrom)
 
 	dmi, err := b.index.Search(ctx, req)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/searchterms/bluge_query/bluge.go b/pkg/searchterms/bluge_query/bluge.go
index 6ce57dd..f8b1781 100644
--- a/pkg/searchterms/bluge_query/bluge.go
+++ b/pkg/searchterms/bluge_query/bluge.go
@@ -6,19 +6,43 @@ import (
 	"github.com/warmans/tvgif/pkg/search/mapping"
 	"github.com/warmans/tvgif/pkg/search/model"
 	"github.com/warmans/tvgif/pkg/searchterms"
+	"github.com/warmans/tvgif/pkg/util"
 	"math"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
 
-func NewBlugeQuery(terms []searchterms.Term) (bluge.Query, error) {
+func extractOffset(terms []searchterms.Term) ([]searchterms.Term, *int64) {
+	offsetIdx := slices.IndexFunc(terms, func(val searchterms.Term) bool {
+		return val.Field == "offset"
+	})
+	if offsetIdx == -1 {
+		return terms, nil
+	}
+	var offset *int64
+	if offsetIdx >= 0 {
+		if offsetVal := terms[offsetIdx].Value.Value().(int64); offsetVal >= 0 {
+			offset = util.ToPtr(offsetVal)
+		}
+		terms = append(terms[:offsetIdx], terms[offsetIdx+1:]...)
+	}
+	return terms, offset
+}
+
+func NewBlugeQuery(terms []searchterms.Term) (bluge.Query, *int64, error) {
+
+	// the paging/offset is included in the filter string but is not a filter so it needs to be
+	// extracted.
+	filteredTerms, offset := extractOffset(terms)
+
 	q := &BlugeQuery{q: bluge.NewBooleanQuery()}
-	for _, v := range terms {
+	for _, v := range filteredTerms {
 		if err := q.And(v); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 	}
-	return q.q, nil
+	return q.q, offset, nil
 }
 
 type BlugeQuery struct {
diff --git a/pkg/searchterms/bluge_query/bluge_test.go b/pkg/searchterms/bluge_query/bluge_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a81c8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/searchterms/bluge_query/bluge_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+package bluge_query
+
+import (
+	"github.com/warmans/tvgif/pkg/searchterms"
+	"github.com/warmans/tvgif/pkg/util"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func Test_extractOffset(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		terms []searchterms.Term
+		want  []searchterms.Term
+		want1 *int64
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "empty terms returns empty, nil",
+			terms: make([]searchterms.Term, 0),
+			want:  make([]searchterms.Term, 0),
+			want1: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "no offset returns original terms",
+			terms: []searchterms.Term{
+				{Field: "actor", Value: searchterms.String("steve"), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+				{Field: "publication", Value: searchterms.String("xfm"), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+				{Field: "series", Value: searchterms.Int(1), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+			},
+			want: []searchterms.Term{
+				{Field: "actor", Value: searchterms.String("steve"), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+				{Field: "publication", Value: searchterms.String("xfm"), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+				{Field: "series", Value: searchterms.Int(1), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+			},
+			want1: nil,
+		}, {
+			name: "no offset returns original terms",
+			terms: []searchterms.Term{
+				{Field: "actor", Value: searchterms.String("steve"), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+				{Field: "publication", Value: searchterms.String("xfm"), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+				{Field: "series", Value: searchterms.Int(1), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+			},
+			want: []searchterms.Term{
+				{Field: "actor", Value: searchterms.String("steve"), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+				{Field: "publication", Value: searchterms.String("xfm"), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+				{Field: "series", Value: searchterms.Int(1), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+			},
+			want1: nil,
+		}, {
+			name: "offset is extracted from last position",
+			terms: []searchterms.Term{
+				{Field: "actor", Value: searchterms.String("steve"), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+				{Field: "publication", Value: searchterms.String("xfm"), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+				{Field: "offset", Value: searchterms.Int(10), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+			},
+			want: []searchterms.Term{
+				{Field: "actor", Value: searchterms.String("steve"), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+				{Field: "publication", Value: searchterms.String("xfm"), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+			},
+			want1: util.ToPtr(int64(10)),
+		}, {
+			name: "offset is extracted from first position",
+			terms: []searchterms.Term{
+				{Field: "offset", Value: searchterms.Int(10), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+				{Field: "actor", Value: searchterms.String("steve"), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+				{Field: "publication", Value: searchterms.String("xfm"), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+			},
+			want: []searchterms.Term{
+				{Field: "actor", Value: searchterms.String("steve"), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+				{Field: "publication", Value: searchterms.String("xfm"), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+			},
+			want1: util.ToPtr(int64(10)),
+		}, {
+			name: "offset is extracted from middle position",
+			terms: []searchterms.Term{
+				{Field: "actor", Value: searchterms.String("steve"), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+				{Field: "offset", Value: searchterms.Int(10), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+				{Field: "publication", Value: searchterms.String("xfm"), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+			},
+			want: []searchterms.Term{
+				{Field: "actor", Value: searchterms.String("steve"), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+				{Field: "publication", Value: searchterms.String("xfm"), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+			},
+			want1: util.ToPtr(int64(10)),
+		}, {
+			name: "offset is only filter",
+			terms: []searchterms.Term{
+				{Field: "offset", Value: searchterms.Int(10), Op: searchterms.CompOpEq},
+			},
+			want:  []searchterms.Term{},
+			want1: util.ToPtr(int64(10)),
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, got1 := extractOffset(tt.terms)
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("extractOffset() got = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			}
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(got1, tt.want1) {
+				t.Errorf("extractOffset() got1 = %v, want %v", got1, tt.want1)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/searchterms/parser.go b/pkg/searchterms/parser.go
index b901aa0..f1082db 100644
--- a/pkg/searchterms/parser.go
+++ b/pkg/searchterms/parser.go
@@ -149,6 +149,20 @@ func (p *parser) parseInner() ([]*Term, error) {
 			Value: Duration(ts),
 			Op:    CompOpGe,
 		}}, nil
+	case tagOffset:
+		offsetText, err := p.requireNext(tagInt, tagEOF)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		intVal, err := strconv.ParseInt(offsetText.lexeme, 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("offset was not a number: %w", err)
+		}
+		return []*Term{{
+			Field: "offset",
+			Value: Int(intVal),
+			Op:    CompOpEq,
+		}}, nil
 	default:
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("unexpected token '%s'", tok)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/searchterms/parser_test.go b/pkg/searchterms/parser_test.go
index 7b44ac2..03a4348 100644
--- a/pkg/searchterms/parser_test.go
+++ b/pkg/searchterms/parser_test.go
@@ -81,9 +81,16 @@ func TestMustParse(t *testing.T) {
 				{Field: "start_timestamp", Value: Duration(time.Minute*10 + time.Second*30), Op: CompOpGe},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "parse offset",
+			args: args{s: `>20`},
+			want: []Term{
+				{Field: "offset", Value: Int(20), Op: CompOpEq},
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "parse all",
-			args: args{s: `@steve ~xfm #s1 +30m "man alive" karl`},
+			args: args{s: `@steve ~xfm #s1 +30m "man alive" karl >10`},
 			want: []Term{
 				{Field: "actor", Value: String("steve"), Op: CompOpEq},
 				{Field: "publication", Value: String("xfm"), Op: CompOpEq},
@@ -91,6 +98,7 @@ func TestMustParse(t *testing.T) {
 				{Field: "start_timestamp", Value: Duration(time.Minute * 30), Op: CompOpGe},
 				{Field: "content", Value: String("man alive"), Op: CompOpEq},
 				{Field: "content", Value: String("karl"), Op: CompOpFuzzyLike},
+				{Field: "offset", Value: Int(10), Op: CompOpEq},
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/searchterms/scanner.go b/pkg/searchterms/scanner.go
index 74b456b..e44dc5e 100644
--- a/pkg/searchterms/scanner.go
+++ b/pkg/searchterms/scanner.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const (
 	tagPublication = "~"
 	tagId          = "#"
 	tagTimestamp   = "+"
+	tagOffset      = ">"
 
 	tagQuotedString = "QUOTED_STRING"
 	tagWord         = "WORD"
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ func (s *scanner) next() (token, error) {
 		return s.emit(tagId), nil
 	case '+':
 		return s.emit(tagTimestamp), nil
+	case '>':
+		return s.emit(tagOffset), nil
 	case '"':
 		return s.scanString()
 	default:
diff --git a/pkg/searchterms/scanner_test.go b/pkg/searchterms/scanner_test.go
index 3765ebc..78b3b44 100644
--- a/pkg/searchterms/scanner_test.go
+++ b/pkg/searchterms/scanner_test.go
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ func TestScan(t *testing.T) {
 			want:    []token{{tag: tagTimestamp, lexeme: "+"}, {tag: tagInt, lexeme: "10"}, {tag: tagWord, lexeme: "m"}, {tag: tagEOF}},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "scan offset",
+			args: args{
+				str: `>10`,
+			},
+			want:    []token{{tag: tagOffset, lexeme: ">"}, {tag: tagInt, lexeme: "10"}, {tag: tagEOF}},
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
 		{
 			name: "scan everything",
 			args: args{