diff --git a/miku/plugins/ibSearch.lua b/miku/plugins/ibSearch.lua
index 644d5ad..0ca9ada 100644
--- a/miku/plugins/ibSearch.lua
+++ b/miku/plugins/ibSearch.lua
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ function ibSearch:get_ibSearch_sfw(tag)
   local i = math.random(#data)
   local url = 'https://'..data[i].server..'.ibsear.ch/'..data[i].path
   local resolution = data[i].width..'x'..data[i].height..'px'
-  local size = ' '..math.ceil(data[i].size/1000)..'kb'
+  local size = ' '..math.ceil(data[i].size/1000)
   local source_url = '\nhttps://ibsear.ch/images/'..data[i].id
-  local text = resolution..size..source_url
-  return url, text
+  local text = resolution..size..'kb'..source_url
+  return url, size, text
 end
 function ibSearch:get_ibSearch_nsfw(tag)
   local url = 'https://ibsearch.xxx/api/v1/images.json?q='..tag..'&limit='..limit..'&shuffle=20'
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ function ibSearch:get_ibSearch_nsfw(tag)
   local i = math.random(#data)
   local url = 'https://'..data[i].server..'.ibsearch.xxx/'..data[i].path
   local resolution = data[i].width..'x'..data[i].height..'px'
-  local size = ' '..math.ceil(data[i].size/1000)..'kb'
+  local size = ' '..math.ceil(data[i].size/1000)
   local source_url = '\nhttps://ibsearch.xxx/images/'..data[i].id
-  local text = resolution..size..source_url
-  return url, text
+  local text = resolution..size..'kb'..source_url
+  return url, size, text
 end
 
 function ibSearch:action(msg, config, matches)
@@ -51,21 +51,36 @@ function ibSearch:action(msg, config, matches)
 	local tag = string.gsub(tag, ":", '%%3A')
 	local tag = string.gsub(tag, "+", '%%20')
 	if matches[1] == 'ibsearch' then
-      url, id = ibSearch:get_ibSearch_sfw(tag)
+      url, size, text = ibSearch:get_ibSearch_sfw(tag)
     elseif matches[1] == 'ibnsfw' then
-      url, id = ibSearch:get_ibSearch_nsfw(tag)
+      url, size, text = ibSearch:get_ibSearch_nsfw(tag)
+    end
+	print('URL: '..url)
+    
+    -- don't send GIFs when they're bigger than 20 MB
+    -- don't send photos when they're bigger than 5 MB
+    if string.ends(url, ".gif") then
+      if tonumber(size) > 19900 then
+        utilities.send_reply(msg, 'Sorry, die GIF ist zu groß.\n'..text)
+        return
+      end
+    else
+      if tonumber(size) > 4900 then
+        utilities.send_reply(msg, 'Sorry, das Bild ist zu groß.\n'..text)
+        return
+      end
     end
 	
 	if not url then
 	  utilities.send_reply(msg, 'Nobody here but us chickens!')
 	  return
 	end
-	  utilities.send_typing(msg.chat.id, 'upload_photo')
-	local file = download_to_file(url)
+
+    utilities.send_typing(msg.chat.id, 'upload_photo')
 	if string.ends(url, ".gif") then
-	  utilities.send_document(msg.chat.id, file, id, msg.message_id)
+	  utilities.send_document(msg.chat.id, url, text, msg.message_id)
 	else
-	  utilities.send_photo(msg.chat.id, file, id, msg.message_id)
+	  utilities.send_photo(msg.chat.id, url, text, msg.message_id)
 	end
 end