diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 84f24c9..6cb8911 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Package metadata
 name = "suql"
-version = "1.1.7a2"
+version = "1.1.7a3"
 description = "Structured and Unstructured Query Language (SUQL) Python API"
 author = "Shicheng Liu"
 author_email = "shicheng@cs.stanford.edu"
diff --git a/src/suql/faiss_embedding.py b/src/suql/faiss_embedding.py
index 4800819..d0a11fe 100644
--- a/src/suql/faiss_embedding.py
+++ b/src/suql/faiss_embedding.py
@@ -301,6 +301,8 @@ def dot_product(self, id_list, query, top, individual_id_list=[]):
                 params=faiss.SearchParametersIVF(sel=sel),
             )
         else:
+            if top > self.embeddings.ntotal:
+                top = self.embeddings.ntotal
             D, I = self.embeddings.search(
                 query_embedding, top, params=faiss.SearchParametersIVF(sel=sel)
             )