diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4c81b15..caad045 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ This plugin provides the following settings to Open edX components for integrati
 
 - (common) ``TYPESENSE_ENABLED: bool = True`` - whether the Typesense backend is enabled
 - (common) ``TYPESENSE_COLLECTION_PREFIX: str = "the_configured_collection_prefix"`` - a prefix that the backend should use for all collections (the API key is scoped to this prefix)
+- (common) ``FORUM_SEARCH_BACKEND = "forum.search.typesense.TypesenseBackend"`` - necessary to override Tutor's default forum search backend value pointing to Meilisearch
 - (cms, lms) ``TYPESENSE_URL: str = "http://typesense:8108"`` - the internal url for accessing the Typesense API
 - (cms, lms) ``TYPESENSE_PUBLIC_URL: str = "http://(depends on TYPESENSE_PUBLIC_HOST)"`` - the public url to the Typesense API (for user searches on the frontend)
 - (cms, lms) ``TYPESENSE_API_KEY: str = "the api key"`` - an api key for the Open edX backend to make updates to Typesense collections
diff --git a/tutor_typesense/patches/k8s-deployments b/tutor_typesense/patches/k8s-deployments
index d563f52..86fe3cd 100644
--- a/tutor_typesense/patches/k8s-deployments
+++ b/tutor_typesense/patches/k8s-deployments
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ spec:
               value: "{{ TYPESENSE_BOOTSTRAP_API_KEY }}"
             - name: TYPESENSE_DATA_DIR
               value: /typesense_data
+            # forum expects up to 1000 per page - https://github.com/openedx/forum/blob/master/forum/constants.py
+            - name: TYPESENSE_MAX_PER_PAGE
+              value: "1000"
           ports:
             - containerPort: 8108
           volumeMounts:
diff --git a/tutor_typesense/patches/local-docker-compose-services b/tutor_typesense/patches/local-docker-compose-services
index cd6a2ac..47d4d4a 100644
--- a/tutor_typesense/patches/local-docker-compose-services
+++ b/tutor_typesense/patches/local-docker-compose-services
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ typesense:
   environment:
     TYPESENSE_API_KEY: "{{ TYPESENSE_BOOTSTRAP_API_KEY }}"
     TYPESENSE_DATA_DIR: "/typesense_data"
+    # forum expects up to 1000 per page - https://github.com/openedx/forum/blob/master/forum/constants.py
+    TYPESENSE_MAX_PER_PAGE: "1000"
   restart: unless-stopped
diff --git a/tutor_typesense/patches/openedx-common-settings b/tutor_typesense/patches/openedx-common-settings
index 6ff8566..975aefa 100644
--- a/tutor_typesense/patches/openedx-common-settings
+++ b/tutor_typesense/patches/openedx-common-settings
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 TYPESENSE_ENABLED = True
 TYPESENSE_COLLECTION_PREFIX = "{{ TYPESENSE_COLLECTION_PREFIX }}"
+FORUM_SEARCH_BACKEND = "forum.search.typesense.TypesenseBackend"