diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 055ee05..bceeb8f 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -34,11 +34,15 @@ function convertSign(sign) {
 
 // adds parameters that describe how the results are displayed to the end of the url
 function appendResultParams(params, url) {
-// add the page number to the end of the query, if a page is specified
+	// add the page number to the end of the query, if a page is specified
 	if (typeof params['page'] !== 'undefined') {
 		url += '&page=' + params['page'];
 	}
 
+	if (typeof params['per_page'] !== 'undefined') {
+		url += '&per_page=' + params['per_page'];
+	}
+
 	// add sort if exists
 	if (typeof params['sort'] !== 'undefined') {
 		url += '&sort=' + params['sort'];
@@ -86,6 +90,7 @@ function GithubSearcher(options) {
 		url: '',
 		headers: {
 			'User-Agent': this.auth.username,
+			'Accept': 'application/vnd.github.v3.text-match+json',
 			// add authorization to header so that you can send authenticated headers
 			'Authorization': 'Basic ' + new Buffer(this.auth.username + ':' + this.auth.password).toString('base64')
 		}
@@ -101,7 +106,7 @@ function GithubSearcher(options) {
 }
 
 // method to search for users
-GithubSearcher.prototype.searchUsers = function(params, callback) {
+GithubSearcher.prototype.searchUsers = function (params, callback) {
 
 	// throw error if the callback is not a function
 	if (typeof callback !== 'function') {
@@ -121,7 +126,7 @@ GithubSearcher.prototype.searchUsers = function(params, callback) {
 	if (typeof params === 'string') {
 		url += params;
 
-	// if an object, then create the url string by iterating through the object
+		// if an object, then create the url string by iterating through the object
 	} else if (typeof params === 'object') {
 
 		// add the term part first, since it is added differently
@@ -134,8 +139,8 @@ GithubSearcher.prototype.searchUsers = function(params, callback) {
 			if (k === 'repos' || k === 'followers') {
 				// repos and followers allows user to pass in comparison operators >, <, =
 				url += addFirstPlus(url) + k + ':' + convertSign(params[k][0]) + params[k].substring(1, params[k].length);
-			} else if (k !== 'term' && k !== 'page' && k !== 'sort' && k !== 'order') {
-				// term and page are handled separately/ differently 
+			} else if (k !== 'term' && k !== 'page' && k !== 'sort' && k !== 'order' && k !== 'per_page') {
+				// term and page are handled separately/ differently
 				url += addFirstPlus(url) + k + ':' + params[k];
 			}
 		}
@@ -151,7 +156,7 @@ GithubSearcher.prototype.searchUsers = function(params, callback) {
 	this.options.url = url;
 
 	// Use the request module to ping the url
-	request.get(this.options, function(error, response, body) {
+	request.get(this.options, function (error, response, body) {
 		if (!error && response.statusCode === 200) {
 			// pass our result to the callback
 			callback(JSON.parse(body));
@@ -163,7 +168,7 @@ GithubSearcher.prototype.searchUsers = function(params, callback) {
 };
 
 // method to query repositories
-GithubSearcher.prototype.searchRepos = function(params, callback) {
+GithubSearcher.prototype.searchRepos = function (params, callback) {
 	// throw error if the callback is not a function
 	if (typeof callback !== 'function') {
 		throw new Error('Callback is not a function!');
@@ -191,9 +196,9 @@ GithubSearcher.prototype.searchRepos = function(params, callback) {
 				// forks, stars and size allows user to pass in comparison operators >, <, =
 				// convert first element in string, and then concatenate the remainder of the string
 				url += addFirstPlus(url) + k + ':' + convertSign(params[k][0]) + params[k].substring(1, params[k].length);
-			} else if (k !== 'term' && k !== 'page' && k !== 'sort' && k !== 'order') {
-				// term, page, sort and order are handled separately/ differently 
-				url += 	addFirstPlus(url) + k + ':' + params[k];
+			} else if (k !== 'term' && k !== 'page' && k !== 'sort' && k !== 'order' && k !== 'per_page') {
+				// term, page, sort and order are handled separately/ differently
+				url += addFirstPlus(url) + k + ':' + params[k];
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -208,7 +213,7 @@ GithubSearcher.prototype.searchRepos = function(params, callback) {
 	this.options.url = url;
 
 	// use request module to ping url
-	request.get(this.options, function(error, response, body) {
+	request.get(this.options, function (error, response, body) {
 		if (!error && response.statusCode === 200) {
 			// pass our result to the callback
 			callback(JSON.parse(body));
@@ -219,7 +224,7 @@ GithubSearcher.prototype.searchRepos = function(params, callback) {
 	return this;
 };
 
-GithubSearcher.prototype.searchCode = function(params, callback) {
+GithubSearcher.prototype.searchCode = function (params, callback) {
 
 	// throw error if the callback is not a function
 	if (typeof callback !== 'function') {
@@ -248,9 +253,9 @@ GithubSearcher.prototype.searchCode = function(params, callback) {
 				// size allows user to pass in comparison operators >, <, =
 				// convert first element in string, and then concatenate the remainder of the string
 				url += addFirstPlus(url) + k + ':' + convertSign(params[k][0]) + params[k].substring(1, params[k].length);
-			} else if (k !== 'term' && k !== 'page' && k !== 'sort' && k !== 'order') {
-				// term, page, sort and order are handled separately/ differently 
-				url += 	addFirstPlus(url) + k + ':' + params[k];
+			} else if (k !== 'term' && k !== 'page' && k !== 'sort' && k !== 'order' && k !== 'per_page') {
+				// term, page, sort and order are handled separately/ differently
+				url += addFirstPlus(url) + k + ':' + params[k];
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -266,7 +271,7 @@ GithubSearcher.prototype.searchCode = function(params, callback) {
 	this.options.url = url;
 
 	// use request module to ping url
-	request.get(this.options, function(error, response, body) {
+	request.get(this.options, function (error, response, body) {
 		if (!error && response.statusCode === 200) {
 			// pass our result to the callback
 			callback(JSON.parse(body));
@@ -278,7 +283,7 @@ GithubSearcher.prototype.searchCode = function(params, callback) {
 
 };
 
-GithubSearcher.prototype.searchIssues = function(params, callback) {
+GithubSearcher.prototype.searchIssues = function (params, callback) {
 
 	// throw error if the callback is not a function
 	if (typeof callback !== 'function') {
@@ -305,7 +310,7 @@ GithubSearcher.prototype.searchIssues = function(params, callback) {
 		for (var k in params) {
 			// just add everything to the query
 			// there are no cases where <, >, = are used
-			if (k !== 'term' && k !== 'page' && k !== 'sort' && k !== 'order') {
+			if (k !== 'term' && k !== 'page' && k !== 'sort' && k !== 'order' && k !== 'per_page') {
 				url += addFirstPlus(url) + k + ':' + params[k];
 			}
 		}
@@ -322,7 +327,7 @@ GithubSearcher.prototype.searchIssues = function(params, callback) {
 	this.options.url = url;
 
 	// use request module to ping url
-	request.get(this.options, function(error, response, body) {
+	request.get(this.options, function (error, response, body) {
 		if (!error && response.statusCode === 200) {
 			// pass our result to the callback
 			callback(JSON.parse(body));
@@ -333,4 +338,4 @@ GithubSearcher.prototype.searchIssues = function(params, callback) {
 	return this;
 };
 
-module.exports = GithubSearcher;
\ No newline at end of file
+module.exports = GithubSearcher;