diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 98a95c3..d84c6fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -28,13 +28,20 @@ and uses [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 ------
 ## [1.0.1](https://github.com/asfadmin/Discovery-SearchAPI-v3/compare/v1.0.0...v1.0.1)
 
+### Fixed
+- Generic searches (non-search related params) no longer accepted, raise 400
+- Fixed string comparison of numbers in range filters
+
+### Changed
+- Include wkt in error when raising in `validate_wkt()`
+
 ### Added
 - Add dedicated dev branch for test-staging deployment
    - Intended Dev->Release workflow
       - dev -> test -> prod-staging -> prod
 
 ### Changed
-- pin `asf-search` to v8.2.3, All basic Vertex dataset searches working
+- pin `asf-search` to v8.3.0, All basic Vertex dataset searches working
 
 ## [1.0.0](https://github.com/asfadmin/Discovery-SearchAPI-v3/compare/v0.1.0...v1.0.0)
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8aacbdc..f1aa76c 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ ujson==5.7.0
 uvicorn==0.21.1
 watchfiles==0.19.0
 
-asf_search==8.2.3
+asf_search==8.3.0
 python-json-logger==2.0.7
 
-pyshp
+pyshp==2.1.3
 geopandas
 geomet
 kml2geojson
diff --git a/src/SearchAPI/application/application.py b/src/SearchAPI/application/application.py
index 30195e8..9744e6c 100644
--- a/src/SearchAPI/application/application.py
+++ b/src/SearchAPI/application/application.py
@@ -42,6 +42,17 @@ async def query_params(searchOptions: SearchOptsModel = Depends(process_search_r
     output = searchOptions.output
     opts = searchOptions.opts
 
+    non_search_param = ['output', 'maxresults', 'pagesize', 'maturity']
+    try:
+        any_searchables = any([key.lower() not in non_search_param for key, _ in opts])
+        if not any_searchables:
+            raise ValueError(
+                'No searchable parameters specified, queries must include'
+                ' parameters besides output= and maxresults='
+            )
+    except ValueError as exc:
+        raise HTTPException(detail=repr(exc), status_code=400) from exc
+
     if output.lower() == 'count':
         start = time.perf_counter()
         count=asf.search_count(opts=opts)
@@ -222,7 +233,7 @@ def validate_wkt(wkt: str):
         wrapped, unwrapped, reports = asf.validate_wkt(wkt)
         repairs = [{'type': report.report_type, 'report': report.report} for report in reports if report.report_type != "'type': 'WRAP'"]
     except Exception as exc:
-        raise HTTPException(detail=f"Failed to validate wkt: {exc}", status_code=400) from exc
+        raise HTTPException(detail=f"Failed to validate wkt {wkt}: {exc}", status_code=400) from exc
 
     return {
         'wkt': {
diff --git a/src/SearchAPI/application/asf_opts.py b/src/SearchAPI/application/asf_opts.py
index 6647e5b..1ca9515 100644
--- a/src/SearchAPI/application/asf_opts.py
+++ b/src/SearchAPI/application/asf_opts.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 from .logger import api_logger
 
+non_search_param = ['output', 'maxresults', 'pagesize', 'maturity']
 
 def string_to_range(v: Union[str, list]) -> tuple:
     if isinstance(v, list):
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ def string_to_range(v: Union[str, list]) -> tuple:
         if m is None:
             raise ValueError(f'Invalid range: {v}')
         a = (m.group(1), m.group(3))
-        if a[0] > a[1]:
+        if float(a[0]) > float(a[1]):
             raise ValueError()
         if a[0] == a[1]:
             a = a[0]