diff --git a/lib/get_answer.py b/lib/get_answer.py
index 068684a..e82dddc 100644
--- a/lib/get_answer.py
+++ b/lib/get_answer.py
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ def get_answer(topic, keyword, options="", request_options=None): # pylint: disa
     # so this part should be rewritten
     # for the most queries we could say immediately
     # what type the query has
-    start_time = time.time()
     topic_type = get_topic_type(topic)
 
     # checking if the answer is in the cache
diff --git a/lib/globals.py b/lib/globals.py
index 22fa72c..80d91c0 100644
--- a/lib/globals.py
+++ b/lib/globals.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ GITHUB_REPOSITORY = {
     "unknown"           :   '',
 }
 
+MAX_SEARCH_LEN = 20
 
 #
 # Reading configuration from etc/config.yaml