--- sphinx-0.9.8/api/libsphinxclient/sphinxclient.c	2008-07-15 17:30:36.000000000 +0400
+++ sphinx-0.9.8.my/api/libsphinxclient/sphinxclient.c	2008-10-08 11:38:31.000000000 +0400
@@ -411,8 +411,12 @@
 
 	client->offset = offset;
 	client->limit = limit;
-	client->max_matches = max_matches;
-	client->cutoff = cutoff;
+	if (max_matches > 0) {
+		client->max_matches = max_matches;
+	}
+	if (cutoff > 0) {
+		client->cutoff = cutoff;
+	}
 	return SPH_TRUE;
 }