diff --git a/backend/tft/cli.py b/backend/tft/cli.py
index 5e08ad1..4349877 100644
--- a/backend/tft/cli.py
+++ b/backend/tft/cli.py
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     p_fetch = sub.add_parser("fetch-static", help="download static data from Community Dragon")
     p_fetch.add_argument("--set", type=int, default=None, help="override set number")
 
-    p_crawl = sub.add_parser("crawl", help="crawl ranked matches from Challenger/GM ladder")
-    p_crawl.add_argument("--limit", type=int, default=None, help="stop after N new matches")
+    sub.add_parser("crawl", help="crawl ranked matches from Challenger/GM ladder (max 200 neue pro Lauf)")
 
     sub.add_parser("extract", help="extract endboards from raw matches")
     sub.add_parser("build-artifact", help="build analysis.json from static data + endboards")
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ def main() -> None:
     elif args.command == "crawl":
         from tft.matches.crawl import crawl
 
-        added = crawl(set_number=current_set(), limit=args.limit)
+        added = crawl(set_number=current_set())
         print(f"{added} new matches stored")
 
     elif args.command == "extract":
diff --git a/backend/tft/matches/crawl.py b/backend/tft/matches/crawl.py
index 1a47f42..40454c4 100644
--- a/backend/tft/matches/crawl.py
+++ b/backend/tft/matches/crawl.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from tft.matches.riot import RiotClient
 RANKED_QUEUE = 1100
 
 
-def crawl(set_number: int, limit: int | None = None) -> int:
+def crawl(set_number: int, limit: int = 200) -> int:
     client = RiotClient()
     conn = db.connect()
     seen = {row[0] for row in conn.execute("SELECT match_id FROM matches")}
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ def crawl(set_number: int, limit: int | None = None) -> int:
     print(f"ladder: {len(entries)} players")
 
     for entry in entries:
-        if limit is not None and added >= limit:
+        if added >= limit:
             break
         puuid = client.puuid_for_entry(entry)
         for match_id in client.match_ids(puuid):
             if match_id in seen:
                 continue
-            if limit is not None and added >= limit:
+            if added >= limit:
                 break
             match = client.match(match_id)
             info = match["info"]