diff --git a/cmd/doc.go b/cmd/doc.go
index ee0bc0a..91b559e 100644
--- a/cmd/doc.go
+++ b/cmd/doc.go
@@ -89,12 +89,6 @@ func DocShow(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 				Destination: &conf.Path,
 				Aliases:     []string{"p"},
 			},
-			&cli.BoolFlag{
-				Name:        "help-jsonpath",
-				Usage:       "show jsonPath help",
-				Destination: &conf.Subhelp,
-				Aliases:     []string{"H"},
-			},
 		},
 
 		Action: func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 0ec31d7..8882721 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ func Main() int {
 				Usage:       "output mode (tsv, markdown, json, yaml) default: tsv",
 				Destination: &conf.Output,
 			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:        "help-jsonpath",
+				Usage:       "show jsonPath help",
+				Destination: &conf.Subhelp,
+				Aliases:     []string{"H"},
+			},
 		},
 
 		Commands: []*cli.Command{
diff --git a/cmd/search.go b/cmd/search.go
index 435563f..3d68506 100644
--- a/cmd/search.go
+++ b/cmd/search.go
@@ -113,12 +113,6 @@ func Search(conf *cfg.Config) *cli.Command {
 				Destination: &conf.Ascending,
 				Aliases:     []string{"a"},
 			},
-			&cli.BoolFlag{
-				Name:        "help-jsonpath",
-				Usage:       "show jsonPath help",
-				Destination: &conf.Subhelp,
-				Aliases:     []string{"H"},
-			},
 			&cli.BoolFlag{
 				Name:        "tail",
 				Usage:       "follow search live, like tail -f",
diff --git a/pkg/cfg/config.go b/pkg/cfg/config.go
index 1cd2a94..381029e 100644
--- a/pkg/cfg/config.go
+++ b/pkg/cfg/config.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	Version string = `v0.0.17`
+	Version string = `v0.0.18`
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/pkg/es/index.go b/pkg/es/index.go
index dc9d48c..a1d329b 100644
--- a/pkg/es/index.go
+++ b/pkg/es/index.go
@@ -53,15 +53,24 @@ func IndexNames(conf *cfg.Config) ([]string, error) {
 }
 
 func filterIndices(conf *cfg.Config, list indices.Response) indices.Response {
+	// apply partials filter first
+	selectedlist := indices.Response{}
+	for _, index := range list {
+		if !conf.Partials && strings.HasPrefix(*index.Index, "partial-") {
+			continue
+		}
+		selectedlist = append(selectedlist, index)
+	}
+
 	if len(conf.Filter) == 0 {
-		return list
+		return selectedlist
 	}
 
 	// we support just one filter here, for now
 	filter := *regexp.MustCompile(conf.Filter[0])
 	newlist := indices.Response{}
 
-	for _, index := range list {
+	for _, index := range selectedlist {
 		if filter.MatchString(*index.Index) {
 			newlist = append(newlist, index)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/es/search.go b/pkg/es/search.go
index 9711c92..8447af2 100644
--- a/pkg/es/search.go
+++ b/pkg/es/search.go
@@ -99,9 +99,7 @@ func searchOnce(conf *cfg.Config, search *search.Search) error {
 
 	slog.Debug("ES result", "search", res)
 
-	for _, hit := range res.Hits.Hits {
-		printer.PrintDoc(conf, hit)
-	}
+	printer.PrintDocs(conf, res.Hits.Hits)
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -141,9 +139,7 @@ func searchPit(conf *cfg.Config, req *search.Request) error {
 			break
 		}
 
-		for _, hit := range res.Hits.Hits {
-			printer.PrintDoc(conf, hit)
-		}
+		printer.PrintDocs(conf, res.Hits.Hits)
 
 		last := res.Hits.Hits[len(res.Hits.Hits)-1]
 		search = search.SearchAfterValues(last.Sort)
@@ -178,6 +174,7 @@ func searchTail(conf *cfg.Config, search *search.Search) error {
 			}
 
 			printer.PrintDoc(conf, hit)
+			fmt.Println()
 
 			docs[*hit.Id_] = 1
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/printer/doc.go b/pkg/printer/doc.go
index 00f8055..7b5a5e0 100644
--- a/pkg/printer/doc.go
+++ b/pkg/printer/doc.go
@@ -18,12 +18,24 @@ package printer
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
 
 	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
 	"github.com/elastic/go-elasticsearch/v9/typedapi/types"
 	"github.com/tidwall/gjson"
 )
 
+func PrintDocs(conf *cfg.Config, hits []types.Hit) {
+	if !conf.Ascending {
+		slices.Reverse(hits)
+	}
+
+	for _, hit := range hits {
+		PrintDoc(conf, hit)
+	}
+
+}
+
 func PrintDoc(conf *cfg.Config, hit types.Hit) {
 	var score types.Float64
 	if hit.Score_ != nil {
@@ -40,6 +52,6 @@ func PrintDoc(conf *cfg.Config, hit types.Hit) {
 		value := gjson.Get(docjson, conf.Path)
 		fmt.Println(value.String())
 	} else {
-		fmt.Println(docjson)
+		fmt.Print(docjson)
 	}
 }