diff --git a/alembic/versions/482cd6517ce4_add_default_user.py b/alembic/versions/482cd6517ce4_add_default_user.py
index 92429e1e4..d85f0f146 100644
--- a/alembic/versions/482cd6517ce4_add_default_user.py
+++ b/alembic/versions/482cd6517ce4_add_default_user.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ from sqlalchemy.util import await_only
 
 from cognee.modules.users.methods import create_default_user, delete_user
 
+from fastapi_users.exceptions import UserAlreadyExists
+
 
 # revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
 revision: str = "482cd6517ce4"
@@ -21,7 +23,10 @@ depends_on: Union[str, Sequence[str], None] = "8057ae7329c2"
 
 
 def upgrade() -> None:
-    await_only(create_default_user())
+    try:
+        await_only(create_default_user())
+    except UserAlreadyExists:
+        pass  # It's fine if the default user already exists
 
 
 def downgrade() -> None:
diff --git a/cognee-frontend/src/modules/ingestion/DatasetsView/DatasetsView.tsx b/cognee-frontend/src/modules/ingestion/DatasetsView/DatasetsView.tsx
index 13965230b..577a27d63 100644
--- a/cognee-frontend/src/modules/ingestion/DatasetsView/DatasetsView.tsx
+++ b/cognee-frontend/src/modules/ingestion/DatasetsView/DatasetsView.tsx
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ export default function DatasetsView({
           </DatasetItem>
         ))}
       </Stack>
-      <Modal onClose={hideExplorationWindow} isOpen={isExplorationWindowShown} className={styles.explorerModal}>
+      <Modal closeOnBackdropClick={false} onClose={hideExplorationWindow} isOpen={isExplorationWindowShown} className={styles.explorerModal}>
         <Spacer horizontal="2" vertical="3" wrap>
           <Text>{dataset?.name}</Text>
-        </Spacer> 
+        </Spacer>
         <Explorer dataset={dataset!} />
       </Modal>
     </>
diff --git a/cognee-frontend/src/ui/Partials/SearchView/SearchView.tsx b/cognee-frontend/src/ui/Partials/SearchView/SearchView.tsx
index 664a46fad..bea5e1277 100644
--- a/cognee-frontend/src/ui/Partials/SearchView/SearchView.tsx
+++ b/cognee-frontend/src/ui/Partials/SearchView/SearchView.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import { v4 } from 'uuid';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import { CTAButton, Stack, Text, DropdownSelect, TextArea, useBoolean } from 'ohmy-ui';
+import { CTAButton, Stack, Text, DropdownSelect, TextArea, useBoolean, Input } from 'ohmy-ui';
 import { fetch } from '@/utils';
 import styles from './SearchView.module.css';
 import getHistory from '@/modules/chat/getHistory';
@@ -33,8 +33,15 @@ export default function SearchView() {
   }, {
     value: 'RAG_COMPLETION',
     label: 'Completion using RAG',
+  }, {
+    value: 'GRAPH_COMPLETION_COT',
+    label: 'Cognee\'s Chain of Thought search',
+  }, {
+    value: 'GRAPH_COMPLETION_CONTEXT_EXTENSION',
+    label: 'Cognee\'s Multi-Hop search',
   }];
   const [searchType, setSearchType] = useState(searchOptions[0]);
+  const [rangeValue, setRangeValue] = useState(10);
 
   const scrollToBottom = useCallback(() => {
     setTimeout(() => {
@@ -90,6 +97,7 @@ export default function SearchView() {
       body: JSON.stringify({
         query: inputValue.trim(),
         searchType: searchTypeValue,
+        topK: rangeValue,
       }),
     })
       .then((response) => response.json())
@@ -108,7 +116,7 @@ export default function SearchView() {
       .catch(() => {
         setInputValue(inputValue);
       });
-  }, [inputValue, scrollToBottom, searchType.value]);
+  }, [inputValue, rangeValue, scrollToBottom, searchType.value]);
 
   const {
     value: isInputExpanded,
@@ -122,6 +130,10 @@ export default function SearchView() {
     }
   };
 
+  const handleRangeValueChange = (event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => {
+    setRangeValue(parseInt(event.target.value));
+  };
+
   return (
     <Stack className={styles.searchViewContainer}>
       <DropdownSelect<SelectOption>
@@ -146,9 +158,15 @@ export default function SearchView() {
         </Stack>
       </div>
       <form onSubmit={handleSearchSubmit}>
-        <Stack orientation="horizontal" align="end/" gap="2">
+        <Stack orientation="vertical" gap="2">
           <TextArea onKeyUp={handleSubmitOnEnter} style={{ transition: 'height 0.3s ease', height: isInputExpanded ? '128px' : '38px' }} onFocus={expandInput} onBlur={contractInput} value={inputValue} onChange={handleInputChange} name="searchInput" placeholder="Search" />
-          <CTAButton hugContent type="submit">Search</CTAButton>
+          <Stack orientation="horizontal" gap="between">
+            <Stack orientation="horizontal" gap="2" align="center">
+              <label><Text>Search range: </Text></label>
+              <Input style={{ maxWidth: "90px" }} value={rangeValue} onChange={handleRangeValueChange} type="number" />
+            </Stack>
+            <CTAButton hugContent type="submit">Search</CTAButton>
+          </Stack>
         </Stack>
       </form>
     </Stack>
diff --git a/cognee-frontend/tsconfig.json b/cognee-frontend/tsconfig.json
index 7b2858930..f48e7ee6f 100644
--- a/cognee-frontend/tsconfig.json
+++ b/cognee-frontend/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "lib": ["dom", "dom.iterable", "esnext"],
+    "lib": [
+      "dom",
+      "dom.iterable",
+      "esnext"
+    ],
     "allowJs": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "strict": true,
@@ -18,9 +22,19 @@
       }
     ],
     "paths": {
-      "@/*": ["./src/*"]
-    }
+      "@/*": [
+        "./src/*"
+      ]
+    },
+    "target": "ES2017"
   },
-  "include": ["next-env.d.ts", "**/*.ts", "**/*.tsx", ".next/types/**/*.ts"],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules"]
+  "include": [
+    "next-env.d.ts",
+    "**/*.ts",
+    "**/*.tsx",
+    ".next/types/**/*.ts"
+  ],
+  "exclude": [
+    "node_modules"
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/cognee/api/v1/search/routers/get_search_router.py b/cognee/api/v1/search/routers/get_search_router.py
index cb3ef38a8..bd5abc859 100644
--- a/cognee/api/v1/search/routers/get_search_router.py
+++ b/cognee/api/v1/search/routers/get_search_router.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from typing import Optional
 from uuid import UUID
 from datetime import datetime
 from fastapi import Depends, APIRouter
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ from cognee.modules.users.methods import get_authenticated_user
 class SearchPayloadDTO(InDTO):
     search_type: SearchType
     query: str
+    top_k: Optional[int] = 10
 
 
 def get_search_router() -> APIRouter:
@@ -39,7 +41,10 @@ def get_search_router() -> APIRouter:
 
         try:
             results = await cognee_search(
-                query_text=payload.query, query_type=payload.search_type, user=user
+                query_text=payload.query,
+                query_type=payload.search_type,
+                user=user,
+                top_k=payload.top_k,
             )
 
             return results
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 9cd81939c..31a2b328d 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ echo "Environment: $ENVIRONMENT"
 # smooth redeployments and container restarts while maintaining data integrity.
 echo "Running database migrations..."
 
-MIGRATION_OUTPUT=$(alembic upgrade head 2>&1)
+MIGRATION_OUTPUT=$(alembic upgrade head)
 MIGRATION_EXIT_CODE=$?
 
 if [[ $MIGRATION_EXIT_CODE -ne 0 ]]; then
@@ -42,5 +42,5 @@ if [ "$ENVIRONMENT" = "dev" ] || [ "$ENVIRONMENT" = "local" ]; then
         gunicorn -w 3 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker -t 30000 --bind=0.0.0.0:8000 --log-level debug --reload cognee.api.client:app
     fi
 else
-    gunicorn -w 3 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker -t 30000 --bind=0.0.0.0:8000 --log-level error cognee.api.client:app 
+    gunicorn -w 3 -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker -t 30000 --bind=0.0.0.0:8000 --log-level error cognee.api.client:app
 fi