diff --git a/app/controllers/groups/samples_controller.rb b/app/controllers/groups/samples_controller.rb
index 33013008c4..ff2700759c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/groups/samples_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/groups/samples_controller.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class SamplesController < Groups::ApplicationController
 
     def index
       @timestamp = DateTime.current
-      @pagy, @samples = @query.results(action: 'query', limit: params[:limit], page: params[:page])
+      @pagy, @samples = @query.results(limit: params[:limit] || 20, page: params[:page] || 1)
       @has_samples = authorized_samples.count.positive?
     end
 
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ def select
       respond_to do |format|
         format.turbo_stream do
           if params[:select].present?
-            @sample_ids = @query.results(action: 'select')
-                                .where(updated_at: ..params[:timestamp].to_datetime).select(:id).pluck(:id)
+            @sample_ids = @query.results.where(updated_at: ..params[:timestamp].to_datetime).select(:id).pluck(:id)
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/samples_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/samples_controller.rb
index d24a6a4200..366250f491 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/samples_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/samples_controller.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class SamplesController < Projects::ApplicationController # rubocop:disable Metr
 
     def index
       @timestamp = DateTime.current
-      @pagy, @samples = @query.results(action: 'query', limit: params[:limit], page: params[:page])
+      @pagy, @samples = @query.results(limit: params[:limit] || 20, page: params[:page] || 1)
       @has_samples = @project.samples.size.positive?
     end
 
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ def select
       respond_to do |format|
         format.turbo_stream do
           if params[:select].present?
-            @sample_ids = @query.results(action: 'select')
-                                .where(updated_at: ..params[:timestamp].to_datetime).select(:id).pluck(:id)
+            @sample_ids = @query.results.where(updated_at: ..params[:timestamp].to_datetime).select(:id).pluck(:id)
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/app/models/sample/query.rb b/app/models/sample/query.rb
index 9a3c432439..16f5e3afea 100644
--- a/app/models/sample/query.rb
+++ b/app/models/sample/query.rb
@@ -37,14 +37,11 @@ def advanced_query?
     false
   end
 
-  def results(params)
-    case params[:action]
-    when 'query'
-      pagy_results(params[:limit] || 20, params[:page] || 1)
-    when 'select'
-      advanced_query ? searchkick_results : ransack_results
+  def results(**results_arguments)
+    if results_arguments[:limit] || results_arguments[:page]
+      pagy_results(results_arguments[:limit], results_arguments[:page])
     else
-      raise ResultTypeError, "Unrecognized type: #{params[:action]}"
+      advanced_query ? searchkick_results : ransack_results
     end
   end