diff --git a/apps/api/src/controllers/auth.ts b/apps/api/src/controllers/auth.ts
index 33e9695..2154504 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/controllers/auth.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/controllers/auth.ts
@@ -104,12 +104,13 @@ export async function supaAuthenticateUser(
       case RateLimiterMode.Scrape:
         rateLimiter = getRateLimiter(RateLimiterMode.Scrape, token, subscriptionData.plan);
         break;
+      case RateLimiterMode.Search:
+        rateLimiter = getRateLimiter(RateLimiterMode.Search, token, subscriptionData.plan);
+        break;
       case RateLimiterMode.CrawlStatus:
         rateLimiter = getRateLimiter(RateLimiterMode.CrawlStatus, token);
         break;
-      case RateLimiterMode.Search:
-        rateLimiter = getRateLimiter(RateLimiterMode.Search, token);
-        break;
+      
       case RateLimiterMode.Preview:
         rateLimiter = getRateLimiter(RateLimiterMode.Preview, token);
         break;
diff --git a/apps/api/src/services/rate-limiter.ts b/apps/api/src/services/rate-limiter.ts
index 6e09310..a0a6f16 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/services/rate-limiter.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/services/rate-limiter.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export function getRateLimiter(mode: RateLimiterMode, token: string, plan?: stri
   if (!rateLimitConfig) return serverRateLimiter;
 
   const planKey = plan ? plan.replace("-", "") : "starter";
-  const points = rateLimitConfig[planKey] || rateLimitConfig.free;
+  const points = rateLimitConfig[planKey] || rateLimitConfig.preview;
 
   return createRateLimiter(`${mode}-${planKey}`, points);
 }