diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/core/metadata.py b/src/auto_archiver/core/metadata.py
index 8ffcb035..3b73dcd7 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/core/metadata.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/core/metadata.py
@@ -165,3 +165,16 @@ def get_all_media(self) -> List[Media]:
 
     def __str__(self) -> str:
         return self.__repr__()
+
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def choose_most_complete(results: List[Metadata]) -> Metadata:
+        # returns the most complete result from a list of results
+        # prioritizes results with more media, then more metadata
+        if len(results) == 0: return None
+        if len(results) == 1: return results[0]
+        most_complete = results[0]
+        for r in results[1:]:
+            if len(r.media) > len(most_complete.media): most_complete = r
+            elif len(r.media) == len(most_complete.media) and len(r.metadata) > len(most_complete.metadata): most_complete = r
+        return most_complete
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/databases/api_db.py b/src/auto_archiver/databases/api_db.py
index b33b146f..92ae6bfd 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/databases/api_db.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/databases/api_db.py
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@ def fetch(self, item: Metadata) -> Union[Metadata, bool]:
         """ query the database for the existence of this item"""
         if not self.allow_rearchive: return
         
-        params = {"url": item.get_url(), "limit": 1}
+        params = {"url": item.get_url(), "limit": 15}
         headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {self.api_token}", "accept": "application/json"}
         response = requests.get(os.path.join(self.api_endpoint, "tasks/search-url"), params=params, headers=headers)
 
         if response.status_code == 200:
             if len(response.json()):
-                logger.success(f"API returned a previously archived instance: {response.json()}")
-                # TODO: can we do better than just returning the most recent result?
-                return Metadata.from_dict(response.json()[0]["result"])
+                logger.success(f"API returned {len(response.json())} previously archived instance(s)")
+                fetched_metadata = [Metadata.from_dict(r["result"]) for r in response.json()]
+                return Metadata.choose_most_complete(fetched_metadata)
         else:
             logger.error(f"AA API FAIL ({response.status_code}): {response.json()}")
         return False
diff --git a/src/auto_archiver/version.py b/src/auto_archiver/version.py
index 828e0196..14111857 100644
--- a/src/auto_archiver/version.py
+++ b/src/auto_archiver/version.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 _MINOR = "7"
 # On main and in a nightly release the patch should be one ahead of the last
 # released build.
-_PATCH = "4"
+_PATCH = "5"
 # This is mainly for nightly builds which have the suffix ".dev$DATE". See
 # https://semver.org/#is-v123-a-semantic-version for the semantics.
 _SUFFIX = ""