diff --git a/app/controllers/search_controller.rb b/app/controllers/search_controller.rb
index a15cd75..950d451 100644
--- a/app/controllers/search_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/search_controller.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 class SearchController < ApplicationController
   def index
     @show_search_result = params[:q].present?
-    @papers = if @show_search_result
-      Paper.search(params[:q]).page(params[:page]).results
+    papers_found = if @show_search_result
+      Paper.search(params[:q])
     else
-      Paper.order(published_at: :desc).page(params[:page])
+      Paper.order(published_at: :desc)
     end
+    @papers_count = @show_search_result ? papers_found.results.total : papers_found.count
+    @papers = papers_found.page(params[:page])
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/search/index.html.slim b/app/views/search/index.html.slim
index 689649e..20da153 100644
--- a/app/views/search/index.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/search/index.html.slim
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ div
 .clearfix
   - if @show_search_result
     .left
-      | #{@papers.total} Treffer
+      | #{@papers_count} Treffer
     .right
       button.button. TODO: Suche Abbonieren
+  - else
+    | #{@papers_count} Dokumente in der Datenbank
 div
   ul.no-bullet
     - @papers.each do |doc|