diff --git a/pkgs/additional/sane-scripts/src/sane-bt-search b/pkgs/additional/sane-scripts/src/sane-bt-search
index 8f4209a3..6a13b3a3 100755
--- a/pkgs/additional/sane-scripts/src/sane-bt-search
+++ b/pkgs/additional/sane-scripts/src/sane-bt-search
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ def is_cat(cats: list[str], wanted_cats: list[str], default: bool = False) -> bo
     else:
         return any(c in wanted_cats for c in cats)
 
+class Filter:
+    def __init__(self, manga: bool=False, h265: bool=False):
+        self.manga = manga
+        self.h265 = h265
+
+    def filter(self, t: 'Torrent', default: bool = False) -> bool:
+        valid = True
+        valid = valid and (not self.manga or t.is_manga(default))
+        valid = valid and (not self.h265 or t.is_h265())
+        return valid
+
+
 @dataclass(eq=True, order=True, unsafe_hash=True)
 class Torrent:
     seeders: int
@@ -184,18 +196,26 @@ class Client:
         return sorted(torrents, reverse=True)
 
 
-def filter_results(results: list[Torrent], full: bool, top: int, manga: bool, h265: bool) -> list[Torrent]:
+def filter_results(results: list[Torrent], filter: Filter, top: int | None) -> list[Torrent]:
     """
     take the complete query and filter further based on CLI options
     """
-    if manga:
-        results = [t for t in results if t.is_manga(default=True)]
-    if h265:
-        results = [t for t in results if t.is_h265()]
-    if not full:
+    results = [t for t in results if filter.filter(t)]
+    if top is not None:
         results = results[:top]
     return results
 
+def format_results(all_results: list[Torrent], filtered_results: list[Torrent], json: bool):
+    if json:
+        dumpable = [t.to_dict() for t in filtered_results]
+        print(json.dumps(dumpable))
+    else:
+        num_total = len(all_results)
+        num_filtered = len(filtered_results)
+        print(f"found {num_total} result(s) filtered to {num_filtered}")
+        for r in filtered_results:
+            print(r)
+
 def main(args: list[str]):
     logging.basicConfig()
     logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.WARNING)
@@ -215,18 +235,16 @@ def main(args: list[str]):
         logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
     client = Client()
-    results = client.query(args.query)
-    num_results = len(results)
+    all_results = client.query(args.query)
 
-    results = filter_results(results, args.full, int(args.top or "5"), args.manga, args.h265)
+    filter = Filter(manga=args.manga, h265=args.h265)
+    filtered_results = filter_results(
+        all_results,
+        filter,
+        None if args.full else int(args.top or "5"),
+    )
 
-    if args.json:
-        dumpable = [t.to_dict() for t in results]
-        print(json.dumps(dumpable))
-    else:
-        print(f"found {num_results} result(s)")
-        for r in results:
-            print(r)
+    format_results(all_results, filtered_results, args.json)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main(sys.argv[1:])