diff --git a/internal/storage/file_store.go b/internal/storage/file_store.go
index ae76d88..db7fee3 100644
--- a/internal/storage/file_store.go
+++ b/internal/storage/file_store.go
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ func (fs *FileStore) Search(ctx context.Context, query string, limit int) ([]web
 
 	var matchingLines []string
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
+	// Use a 10MB buffer for the scanner to handle large trace/log entries
+	const maxCapacity = 10 * 1024 * 1024
+	buf := make([]byte, 64*1024)
+	scanner.Buffer(buf, maxCapacity)
+
 	// Lowercase query for case-insensitive search
 	lowerQuery := strings.ToLower(query)