diff --git a/pkg/internal/http/api/categories_api.go b/pkg/internal/http/api/categories_api.go
index ec92b10..908e726 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/http/api/categories_api.go
+++ b/pkg/internal/http/api/categories_api.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package api
 
 import (
 	"git.solsynth.dev/hypernet/interactive/pkg/internal/http/exts"
+	"git.solsynth.dev/hypernet/interactive/pkg/internal/models"
 	"git.solsynth.dev/hypernet/interactive/pkg/internal/services"
 	"git.solsynth.dev/hypernet/nexus/pkg/nex/sec"
 	"github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
@@ -19,9 +20,23 @@ func getCategory(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
 }
 
 func listCategories(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
-	categories, err := services.ListCategory()
+	take := c.QueryInt("take", 0)
+	offset := c.QueryInt("offset", 0)
+	probe := c.Query("probe")
+
+	if take > 100 {
+		take = 100
+	}
+
+	var categories []models.Category
+	var err error
+	if len(probe) > 0 {
+		categories, err = services.SearchCategories(take, offset, probe)
+	} else {
+		categories, err = services.ListCategory(take, offset)
+	}
 	if err != nil {
-		return fiber.NewError(fiber.StatusNotFound, err.Error())
+		return fiber.NewError(fiber.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error())
 	}
 
 	return c.JSON(categories)
diff --git a/pkg/internal/services/categories.go b/pkg/internal/services/categories.go
index 9f942b0..7f2a4f7 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/services/categories.go
+++ b/pkg/internal/services/categories.go
@@ -2,17 +2,27 @@ package services
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"git.solsynth.dev/hypernet/nexus/pkg/nex/cruda"
 	"strings"
 
+	"git.solsynth.dev/hypernet/nexus/pkg/nex/cruda"
+
 	"git.solsynth.dev/hypernet/interactive/pkg/internal/database"
 	"git.solsynth.dev/hypernet/interactive/pkg/internal/models"
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
 )
 
-func ListCategory() ([]models.Category, error) {
+func SearchCategories(take int, offset int, probe string) ([]models.Category, error) {
+	probe = "%" + probe + "%"
+
 	var categories []models.Category
-	err := database.C.Find(&categories).Error
+	err := database.C.Where("alias LIKE ?", probe).Offset(offset).Limit(take).Find(&categories).Error
+
+	return categories, err
+}
+
+func ListCategory(take int, offset int) ([]models.Category, error) {
+	var categories []models.Category
+	err := database.C.Offset(offset).Limit(take).Find(&categories).Error
 
 	return categories, err
 }