diff --git a/addon_imps/storage/gitlab.py b/addon_imps/storage/gitlab.py
index 30f64f8a..83a3fb78 100644
--- a/addon_imps/storage/gitlab.py
+++ b/addon_imps/storage/gitlab.py
@@ -83,8 +83,10 @@ async def list_root_items(self, page_cursor: str = "") -> storage.ItemSampleResu
             {
                 "membership": "true",
                 "simple": "true",
-                "pagination": "true",
+                "pagination": "keyset",
+                "order_by": "name",
                 "sort": "asc",
+                "per_page": "30",
             },
         )
         async with self.network.GET(
@@ -185,6 +187,7 @@ async def list_child_items(
                 "path": parsed_id.file_path,
                 "sort": "asc",
                 "order_by": "name",
+                "per_page": "30",
             },
         )
         async with self.network.GET(
diff --git a/addon_imps/tests/storage/test_gitlab.py b/addon_imps/tests/storage/test_gitlab.py
index c2c71ae2..58e2ebfe 100644
--- a/addon_imps/tests/storage/test_gitlab.py
+++ b/addon_imps/tests/storage/test_gitlab.py
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@ async def test_list_root_items(self):
             {
                 "membership": "true",
                 "simple": "true",
-                "pagination": "true",
+                "pagination": "keyset",
+                "order_by": "name",
                 "sort": "asc",
+                "per_page": "30",
             },
         )
 
@@ -132,7 +134,13 @@ async def test_list_child_items_folder(self):
         self.assertEqual(result.items, expected_result.items)
         self._assert_get(
             "projects/1/repository/tree",
-            {"pagination": "keyset", "path": "", "sort": "asc", "order_by": "name"},
+            {
+                "pagination": "keyset",
+                "path": "",
+                "sort": "asc",
+                "order_by": "name",
+                "per_page": "30",
+            },
         )
 
     async def test_get_item_info_file_not_found(self):