diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/interfaces/InstancesSocialService.java b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/interfaces/InstancesSocialService.java
index eed29bf86..aba3888a1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/interfaces/InstancesSocialService.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/interfaces/InstancesSocialService.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import retrofit2.http.Query;
 
 public interface InstancesSocialService {
 
-    @GET("instances/search?name=true")
+    @GET("instances/search?name=true&count=50")
     Call<InstanceSocial> getInstances(@Header("Authorization") String token, @Query("q") String search);
 
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/viewmodel/mastodon/InstanceSocialVM.java b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/viewmodel/mastodon/InstanceSocialVM.java
index ecbffc630..1fac3f555 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/viewmodel/mastodon/InstanceSocialVM.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/viewmodel/mastodon/InstanceSocialVM.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.lifecycle.AndroidViewModel;
 import androidx.lifecycle.MutableLiveData;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import app.fedilab.android.client.entities.app.InstanceSocial;
@@ -73,7 +74,17 @@ public class InstanceSocialVM extends AndroidViewModel {
                 Response<InstanceSocial> response = instanceSocialCall.execute();
                 if (response.isSuccessful() && response.body() != null) {
                     Handler mainHandler = new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper());
-                    Runnable myRunnable = () -> instanceSocialMutableLiveData.setValue(response.body());
+                    InstanceSocial instanceSocial = response.body();
+                    InstanceSocial filtered = new InstanceSocial();
+                    filtered.instances = new ArrayList<>();
+                    if (instanceSocial != null && instanceSocial.instances != null) {
+                        for (InstanceSocial.Instance instance : instanceSocial.instances) {
+                            if (instance.up) {
+                                filtered.instances.add(instance);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    Runnable myRunnable = () -> instanceSocialMutableLiveData.setValue(filtered);
                     mainHandler.post(myRunnable);
                 }
             } catch (Exception e) {