diff --git a/fedbadges/rules.py b/fedbadges/rules.py
index 1d8d02d..c8ad115 100644
--- a/fedbadges/rules.py
+++ b/fedbadges/rules.py
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@ def _make_query(self, search_kwargs):
         log.debug("Making datanommer query: %r", search_kwargs)
         _search_kwargs = search_kwargs.copy()
         _search_kwargs["defer"] = True
+        _search_kwargs.setdefault("rows_per_page", 0)
         total, pages, query = datanommer.models.Message.grep(**_search_kwargs)
         return total, pages, query
 
diff --git a/tests/test_datanommer_counter.py b/tests/test_datanommer_counter.py
index 0e63e18..74f0659 100644
--- a/tests/test_datanommer_counter.py
+++ b/tests/test_datanommer_counter.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def test_basic_datanommer(cache_configured):
         result = counter.count(message, "dummy-user")
         assert result == 42
         grep.assert_called_once_with(
-            topics=["org.fedoraproject.dev.something.sometopic"], defer=True
+            topics=["org.fedoraproject.dev.something.sometopic"], defer=True, rows_per_page=0
         )
 
 
@@ -118,4 +118,4 @@ def test_datanommer_with_lambda_filter(cache_configured):
         grep.return_value = returned_count, 1, MockQuery(returned_count)
         result = counter.count(message, "dummy-user")
         assert result == returned_count
-        grep.assert_called_once_with(users=["lmacken"], defer=True)
+        grep.assert_called_once_with(users=["lmacken"], defer=True, rows_per_page=0)