diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ab41779..06baf28 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ ENV PORT=80 \
     ELASTICSEARCH_URL=elasticsearch:9200 \
     ELASTICSEARCH_INDEX=images \
     ELASTICSEARCH_DOC_TYPE=images \
-    ALL_ORIENTATIONS=true
+    ALL_ORIENTATIONS=true \
+    DISTANCE_CUTOFF=0.45
 
 CMD gunicorn \
     -t 60 \
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0acbef3..d14e2be 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export PORT ?= 8888
 export ELASTICSEARCH_URL ?= elasticsearch:9200
 export ELASTICSEARCH_INDEX ?= images
 export ELASTICSEARCH_DOC_TYPE ?= images
+export DISTANCE_CUTOFF ?= 0.45
 
 all: run
 
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ run: build
 		-e ELASTICSEARCH_URL \
 		-e ELASTICSEARCH_INDEX \
 		-e ELASTICSEARCH_DOC_TYPE \
+		-e DISTANCE_CUTOFF \
 		-p $(PORT):$(PORT) \
 		-it $(DOCKER_TAG)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4877069..f3671b9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ spec:
         env:
         - name: WORKER_COUNT
           value: "4"
+        - name: DISTANCE_CUTOFF
+          value: 0.45
         - name: ELASTICSEARCH_URL
           valueFrom:
             secretKeyRef:
diff --git a/rc.yml b/rc.yml
index 02aefbd..5b088be 100644
--- a/rc.yml
+++ b/rc.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ spec:
         env:
         - name: WORKER_COUNT
           value: "4"
+        - name: DISTANCE_CUTOFF
+          value: 0.45
         - name: ELASTICSEARCH_URL
           valueFrom:
             secretKeyRef:
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 478c3ab..9b7d03e 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@
 es_index = os.environ['ELASTICSEARCH_INDEX']
 es_doc_type = os.environ['ELASTICSEARCH_DOC_TYPE']
 all_orientations = os.environ['ALL_ORIENTATIONS']
+distance_cutoff_param = float(os.environ.get('DISTANCE_CUTOFF', 0.45))
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 es = Elasticsearch([es_url], verify_certs=True, timeout=60, max_retries=10, retry_on_timeout=True)
-ses = SignatureES(es, index=es_index, doc_type=es_doc_type)
+ses = SignatureES(es, index=es_index, doc_type=es_doc_type, distance_cutoff=distance_cutoff_param)
 gis = ImageSignature()
 
 # Try to create the index and ignore IndexAlreadyExistsException