diff --git a/src/khoj/processor/conversation/prompts.py b/src/khoj/processor/conversation/prompts.py
index e6975a0a..20c3ce0d 100644
--- a/src/khoj/processor/conversation/prompts.py
+++ b/src/khoj/processor/conversation/prompts.py
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ Khoj:
 
 infer_webpages_to_read = PromptTemplate.from_template(
     """
-You are Khoj, an advanced web page reading assistant. You are to construct **up to three, valid** webpage urls to read before answering the user's question.
+You are Khoj, an advanced web page reading assistant. You are to construct **up to {max_webpages}, valid** webpage urls to read before answering the user's question.
 - You will receive the conversation history as context.
 - Add as much context from the previous questions and answers as required to construct the webpage urls.
 - Use multiple web page urls if required to retrieve the relevant information.
diff --git a/src/khoj/processor/tools/online_search.py b/src/khoj/processor/tools/online_search.py
index 33cc3056..4234b32c 100644
--- a/src/khoj/processor/tools/online_search.py
+++ b/src/khoj/processor/tools/online_search.py
@@ -55,9 +55,6 @@ OLOSTEP_QUERY_PARAMS = {
     "expandHtml": "False",
 }
 
-DEFAULT_MAX_WEBPAGES_TO_READ = 1
-MAX_WEBPAGES_TO_INFER = 10
-
 
 async def search_online(
     query: str,
@@ -66,7 +63,7 @@ async def search_online(
     user: KhojUser,
     send_status_func: Optional[Callable] = None,
     custom_filters: List[str] = [],
-    max_webpages_to_read: int = DEFAULT_MAX_WEBPAGES_TO_READ,
+    max_webpages_to_read: int = 1,
     query_images: List[str] = None,
     previous_subqueries: Set = set(),
     agent: Agent = None,
@@ -282,7 +279,7 @@ async def read_webpages(
     send_status_func: Optional[Callable] = None,
     query_images: List[str] = None,
     agent: Agent = None,
-    max_webpages_to_read: int = DEFAULT_MAX_WEBPAGES_TO_READ,
+    max_webpages_to_read: int = 1,
     query_files: str = None,
     tracer: dict = {},
 ):
@@ -290,6 +287,7 @@ async def read_webpages(
     logger.info(f"Inferring web pages to read")
     urls = await infer_webpage_urls(
         query,
+        max_webpages_to_read,
         conversation_history,
         location,
         user,
@@ -299,9 +297,6 @@ async def read_webpages(
         tracer=tracer,
     )
 
-    # Get the top 10 web pages to read
-    urls = urls[:max_webpages_to_read]
-
     logger.info(f"Reading web pages at: {urls}")
     if send_status_func:
         webpage_links_str = "\n- " + "\n- ".join(list(urls))
diff --git a/src/khoj/routers/api_chat.py b/src/khoj/routers/api_chat.py
index e1961b96..2f709ffb 100644
--- a/src/khoj/routers/api_chat.py
+++ b/src/khoj/routers/api_chat.py
@@ -1106,6 +1106,7 @@ async def chat(
                     location,
                     user,
                     partial(send_event, ChatEvent.STATUS),
+                    max_webpages_to_read=1,
                     query_images=uploaded_images,
                     agent=agent,
                     query_files=attached_file_context,
diff --git a/src/khoj/routers/helpers.py b/src/khoj/routers/helpers.py
index c7e71b09..acca60b0 100644
--- a/src/khoj/routers/helpers.py
+++ b/src/khoj/routers/helpers.py
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ async def aget_data_sources_and_output_format(
 
 async def infer_webpage_urls(
     q: str,
+    max_webpages: int,
     conversation_history: dict,
     location_data: LocationData,
     user: KhojUser,
@@ -471,9 +472,10 @@ async def infer_webpage_urls(
     )
 
     online_queries_prompt = prompts.infer_webpages_to_read.format(
-        current_date=utc_date,
         query=q,
+        max_webpages=max_webpages,
         chat_history=chat_history,
+        current_date=utc_date,
         location=location,
         username=username,
         personality_context=personality_context,
@@ -502,7 +504,7 @@ async def infer_webpage_urls(
         if len(valid_unique_urls) == 0:
             logger.error(f"No valid URLs found in response: {response}")
             return []
-        return list(valid_unique_urls)
+        return list(valid_unique_urls)[:max_webpages]
     except Exception:
         raise ValueError(f"Invalid list of urls: {response}")
 
diff --git a/src/khoj/routers/research.py b/src/khoj/routers/research.py
index d534e812..b662dca9 100644
--- a/src/khoj/routers/research.py
+++ b/src/khoj/routers/research.py
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ async def execute_information_collection(
                     location,
                     user,
                     send_status_func,
+                    max_webpages_to_read=1,
                     query_images=query_images,
                     agent=agent,
                     tracer=tracer,