diff --git a/litecord/blueprints/channels.py b/litecord/blueprints/channels.py
index b27d5fc..5986e53 100644
--- a/litecord/blueprints/channels.py
+++ b/litecord/blueprints/channels.py
@@ -502,11 +502,11 @@ async def _search_channel(channel_id):
 
     # main message ids
     rows = await app.db.fetch(f"""
-    SELECT message_id,
+    SELECT messages.id,
         COUNT(*) OVER() as total_results
     FROM messages
     WHERE channel_id = $1 AND content LIKE '%'||$3||'%'
-    ORDER BY
+    ORDER BY messages.id DESC
     LIMIT 50
     OFFSET $2
     """, channel_id, j['offset'], j['content'])
@@ -521,7 +521,9 @@ async def _search_channel(channel_id):
     res = []
 
     for message_id in main_messages:
-        res.append([await app.storage.get_message(message_id)])
+        msg = await app.storage.get_message(message_id)
+        msg['hit'] = True
+        res.append([msg])
 
     return jsonify({
         'total_results': results,
diff --git a/litecord/blueprints/guilds.py b/litecord/blueprints/guilds.py
index 4aba740..a7e8a50 100644
--- a/litecord/blueprints/guilds.py
+++ b/litecord/blueprints/guilds.py
@@ -286,23 +286,23 @@ async def search_messages(guild_id):
     user_id = await token_check()
     await guild_check(user_id, guild_id)
 
-    j = validate(request.args, SEARCH_CHANNEL)
+    j = validate(dict(request.args), SEARCH_CHANNEL)
 
     # main message ids
     # TODO: filter only channels where user can
     # read messages to prevent leaking
     rows = await app.db.fetch(f"""
-    SELECT message_id,
+    SELECT messages.id,
         COUNT(*) OVER() as total_results
     FROM messages
     WHERE guild_id = $1
-    ORDER BY
+    ORDER BY messages.id DESC
     LIMIT 50
     OFFSET $2
     """, guild_id, j['offset'])
 
     results = 0 if not rows else rows[0]['total_results']
-    main_messages = [r['message_id'] for r in rows]
+    main_messages = [r['id'] for r in rows]
 
     # fetch contexts for each message
     # (2 messages before, 2 messages after).
@@ -311,7 +311,9 @@ async def search_messages(guild_id):
     res = []
 
     for message_id in main_messages:
-        res.append([await app.storage.get_message(message_id)])
+        msg = await app.storage.get_message(message_id)
+        msg['hit'] = True
+        res.append([msg])
 
     return jsonify({
         'total_results': results,