diff --git a/pephub/_version.py b/pephub/_version.py
index 66a62a27..1748769b 100644
--- a/pephub/_version.py
+++ b/pephub/_version.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.15.7"
+__version__ = "0.15.8"
diff --git a/pephub/limiter.py b/pephub/limiter.py
index d92814ec..3180e3cd 100644
--- a/pephub/limiter.py
+++ b/pephub/limiter.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from slowapi.util import get_remote_address
 from slowapi.errors import RateLimitExceeded
 
-
 limiter = Limiter(key_func=get_remote_address)
 
 
diff --git a/pephub/routers/api/v1/namespace.py b/pephub/routers/api/v1/namespace.py
index 4f831af7..ac357566 100644
--- a/pephub/routers/api/v1/namespace.py
+++ b/pephub/routers/api/v1/namespace.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ async def get_namespace_projects(
     limit: int = 10,
     offset: int = 0,
     query: str = None,
+    tag: str = None,
     admin_list: List[str] = Depends(get_namespace_access_list),
     order_by: Optional[
         Literal["update_date", "name", "submission_date", "stars"]
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ async def get_namespace_projects(
         search_result = agent.annotation.get(
             query=query,
             namespace=namespace,
+            tag=tag,
             limit=limit,
             offset=offset,
             admin=admin_list,
@@ -126,6 +128,7 @@ async def get_namespace_projects(
     else:
         search_result = agent.annotation.get(
             namespace=namespace,
+            tag=tag,
             limit=limit,
             offset=offset,
             admin=admin_list,
diff --git a/pephub/routers/api/v1/search.py b/pephub/routers/api/v1/search.py
index d5c3618d..339737d3 100644
--- a/pephub/routers/api/v1/search.py
+++ b/pephub/routers/api/v1/search.py
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ async def search_for_pep(
     """
     limit = query.limit
     offset = query.offset
-    score_threshold = query.score_threshold
 
     # get namespaces:
     namespaces: list[Namespace] = agent.namespace.get(
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ async def search_for_pep(
         else:
             sparse_embeddings = None
 
-        should_statement = [
+        must_statement = [
             FieldCondition(
                 key="name",
                 match=MatchValue(value=query.query),
@@ -93,18 +92,18 @@ async def search_for_pep(
         if sparse_embeddings:
             hybrid_query = [
                 # Dense retrieval: semantic understanding
-                Prefetch(query=dense_query, using="dense", limit=100),
+                Prefetch(query=dense_query, using="dense", limit=limit + offset),
                 # Sparse retrieval: exact technical term matching
-                Prefetch(query=sparse_embeddings, using="sparse", limit=100),
+                Prefetch(query=sparse_embeddings, using="sparse", limit=limit + offset),
                 # Exact match retrieval: precise filtering
-                Prefetch(filter=Filter(must=should_statement), limit=10),
+                Prefetch(filter=Filter(must=must_statement), limit=10),
             ]
         else:
             hybrid_query = [
                 # Dense retrieval: semantic understanding
-                Prefetch(query=dense_query, using="dense", limit=100),
+                Prefetch(query=dense_query, using="dense", limit=limit + offset),
                 # Exact match retrieval: precise filtering
-                Prefetch(filter=Filter(must=should_statement), limit=10),
+                Prefetch(filter=Filter(must=must_statement), limit=10),
             ]
 
         vector_results = qdrant.query_points(
diff --git a/pephub/routers/models.py b/pephub/routers/models.py
index 69ad2435..8e52579b 100644
--- a/pephub/routers/models.py
+++ b/pephub/routers/models.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class SearchQuery(BaseModel):
     query: str
     limit: Optional[int] = 100
     offset: Optional[int] = 0
-    score_threshold: Optional[float] = DEFAULT_QDRANT_SCORE_THRESHOLD
+    # score_threshold: Optional[float] = DEFAULT_QDRANT_SCORE_THRESHOLD
 
 
 class SearchReturnModel(BaseModel):
diff --git a/requirements/requirements-all.txt b/requirements/requirements-all.txt
index fb9e0b7b..b1b12340 100644
--- a/requirements/requirements-all.txt
+++ b/requirements/requirements-all.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 fastapi>=0.108.0
 psycopg>=3.1.15
-pepdbagent>=0.12.3
+pepdbagent>=0.12.4
 # pepdbagent @ git+https://github.com/pepkit/pepdbagent.git@dev#egg=pepdbagent
 peppy>=0.40.7
 eido>=0.2.4
diff --git a/scripts/utils.py b/scripts/utils.py
index a003a175..124109ae 100644
--- a/scripts/utils.py
+++ b/scripts/utils.py
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ def extract_project_file_name(path_to_proj: str) -> str:
     # catch no .pep.yaml exists
     except FileNotFoundError:
         if not os.path.exists(f"{path_to_proj}/project_config.yaml"):
-            print(
-                f"No project config file found for {path_to_proj}.\
-                This project will not be accessible by pephub. "
-            )
+            print(f"No project config file found for {path_to_proj}.\
+                This project will not be accessible by pephub. ")
         return "project_config.yaml"