diff --git a/server/plugins/messageStorage/sqlite.ts b/server/plugins/messageStorage/sqlite.ts
index f2a3b526..50eae3c1 100644
--- a/server/plugins/messageStorage/sqlite.ts
+++ b/server/plugins/messageStorage/sqlite.ts
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class SqliteMessageStorage implements ISqliteMessageStorage {
 
 		let select =
 			'SELECT msg, type, time, network, channel FROM messages WHERE type = "message" AND json_extract(msg, "$.text") LIKE ? ESCAPE \'@\'';
-		const params = [`%${escapedSearchTerm}%`];
+		const params: any[] = [`%${escapedSearchTerm}%`];
 
 		if (query.networkUuid) {
 			select += " AND network = ? ";
@@ -239,9 +239,8 @@ class SqliteMessageStorage implements ISqliteMessageStorage {
 		const maxResults = 100;
 
 		select += " ORDER BY time DESC LIMIT ? OFFSET ? ";
-		params.push(maxResults.toString());
-		query.offset = parseInt(query.offset as string, 10) || 0;
-		params.push(String(query.offset));
+		params.push(maxResults);
+		params.push(query.offset);
 
 		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
 			this.database.all(select, params, (err, rows) => {
@@ -252,8 +251,8 @@ class SqliteMessageStorage implements ISqliteMessageStorage {
 						searchTerm: query.searchTerm,
 						target: query.channelName,
 						networkUuid: query.networkUuid,
-						offset: query.offset as number,
-						results: parseSearchRowsToMessages(query.offset as number, rows).reverse(),
+						offset: query.offset,
+						results: parseSearchRowsToMessages(query.offset, rows).reverse(),
 					};
 					resolve(response);
 				}
diff --git a/server/plugins/messageStorage/types.d.ts b/server/plugins/messageStorage/types.d.ts
index 6dfa20db..9e81929e 100644
--- a/server/plugins/messageStorage/types.d.ts
+++ b/server/plugins/messageStorage/types.d.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export type SearchQuery = {
 	searchTerm: string;
 	networkUuid: string;
 	channelName: string;
-	offset: number | string;
+	offset: number;
 };
 
 export type SearchResponse =
diff --git a/test/plugins/sqlite.ts b/test/plugins/sqlite.ts
index 00211339..bd27141f 100644
--- a/test/plugins/sqlite.ts
+++ b/test/plugins/sqlite.ts
@@ -167,7 +167,9 @@ describe("SQLite Message Storage", function () {
 				.search({
 					searchTerm: "msg",
 					networkUuid: "retrieval-order-test-network",
-				} as any)
+					channelName: "",
+					offset: 0,
+				})
 				.then((messages) => {
 					// @ts-expect-error Property 'results' does not exist on type '[]'.
 					expect(messages.results).to.have.lengthOf(100);
@@ -192,7 +194,9 @@ describe("SQLite Message Storage", function () {
 				.search({
 					searchTerm: query,
 					networkUuid: "this-is-a-network-guid2",
-				} as any)
+					channelName: "",
+					offset: 0,
+				})
 				.then((messages) => {
 					// @ts-expect-error Property 'results' does not exist on type '[]'.
 					expect(messages.results.map((i) => i.text)).to.deep.equal(expected);