diff --git a/stacktach/views.py b/stacktach/views.py
index bbd4c8a..ef81716 100644
--- a/stacktach/views.py
+++ b/stacktach/views.py
@@ -462,13 +462,21 @@ def search(request, deployment_id):
     c = _default_context(request, deployment_id)
     column = request.POST.get('field', None)
     value = request.POST.get('value', None)
+    updates = request.POST.get('updates', True)
+    count = request.POST.get('count', 20)
+    if updates and updates == 'true':
+        updates = True
+    elif updates and updates == 'false':
+        updates = False
     rows = None
     if column != None and value != None:
         rows = models.RawData.objects.select_related()
-        if deployment_id:
-            row = rows.filter(deployment=deployment_id)
-        rows = rows.filter(**{column:value}). \
-               order_by('-when')[:22]
+        if deployment_id and int(deployment_id) != 0:
+            rows = rows.filter(deployment=deployment_id)
+        rows = rows.filter(**{column: value})
+        if not updates:
+            rows = rows.exclude(event='compute.instance.update')
+        rows = rows.order_by('-when')[:int(count)]
         _post_process_raw_data(rows)
     c['rows'] = rows
     c['allow_expansion'] = True
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index 6cb7e46..65a20ea 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@ function search_form(deployment_id)
 {
     var field = $("#field").val();
     var value = $("#query").val();
-    var data = {'field':field, 'value':value};
+    var count = $("#count").val();
+    var updates = $("#updates").is(":checked")
+    var data = {'field':field,
+                'value':value,
+                'updates':updates,
+                'count':count};
     $("#detail").load('/' + deployment_id + '/search/', data);
     return false;
 };
@@ -54,6 +59,13 @@ function search_form(deployment_id)
            <option selected='true'>instance
         </select>
         <input type='text' id='query' size='60' value=''/>
+        Include Updates: <input type='checkbox' id="updates" checked />
+        <select id='count'>
+            <option>10
+            <option selected>20
+            <option>50
+            <option>100
+        </select>
         <input type='submit' value='Search' onclick='return search_form({{deployment_id}});'/>
         </form>
         </div>