diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/rest/index.ts b/packages/server/src/api/rest/index.ts
index 3e13bbc85..e43f17bfb 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/rest/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/rest/index.ts
@@ -1672,7 +1672,9 @@ class RequestHandler extends APIHandlerBase {
             if (isNaN(limit) || limit <= 0) {
                 limit = pageSizeOption;
             }
-            limit = Math.min(pageSizeOption, limit);
+            if (this.options.pageSize !== undefined) {
+                limit = Math.min(pageSizeOption, limit);
+            }
         }
 
         return { offset, limit };
diff --git a/packages/server/tests/api/rest-largepagesize.test.ts b/packages/server/tests/api/rest-largepagesize.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..780d127ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/server/tests/api/rest-largepagesize.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */
+/// <reference types="@types/jest" />
+
+import { type ModelMeta } from '@zenstackhq/runtime';
+import { loadSchema, run } from '@zenstackhq/testtools';
+import makeHandler from '../../src/api/rest';
+
+describe('REST server tests - pagination over 100', () => {
+    let prisma: any;
+    let zodSchemas: any;
+    let modelMeta: ModelMeta;
+    let handler: (any: any) => Promise<{ status: number; body: any }>;
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+        run('npx prisma migrate reset --force');
+        run('npx prisma db push');
+    });
+
+    describe('REST TEMP', () => {
+        const schema = `
+    model User {
+        myId String @id @default(cuid())
+        createdAt DateTime @default (now())
+        updatedAt DateTime @updatedAt
+        email String @unique @email
+    }
+    `;
+
+        beforeAll(async () => {
+            const params = await loadSchema(schema);
+
+            prisma = params.prisma;
+            zodSchemas = params.zodSchemas;
+            modelMeta = params.modelMeta;
+
+            const _handler = makeHandler({ endpoint: 'http://localhost/api' });
+            handler = (args) =>
+                _handler({ ...args, zodSchemas, modelMeta, url: new URL(`http://localhost/${args.path}`) });
+        });
+
+        it('returns only 15 items when limit set to 15', async () => {
+            // Create users first
+            for (const i of Array(150).keys()) {
+                await prisma.user.create({
+                    data: {
+                        myId: `user${i}`,
+                        email: `user${i}@abc.com`,
+                    },
+                });
+            }
+
+            const r = await handler({
+                method: 'get',
+                path: '/user',
+                query: { ['page[limit]']: '15' },
+                prisma,
+            });
+            expect(r.body.data).toHaveLength(15);
+            //expect(r.body.meta.total).toBe(150);
+            // expect(r.body.links).toMatchObject({
+            //     first: 'http://localhost/api/user?page%5Blimit%5D=5',
+            //     last: 'http://localhost/api/user?page%5Boffset%5D=145',
+            //     prev: null,
+            //     next: 'http://localhost/api/user?page%5Boffset%5D=5&page%5Blimit%5D=5',
+            // });
+        });
+
+        it('returns 125 items when limit set to 125', async () => {
+            // Create users first
+            for (const i of Array(150).keys()) {
+                await prisma.user.create({
+                    data: {
+                        myId: `user${i}`,
+                        email: `user${i}@abc.com`,
+                    },
+                });
+            }
+
+            const r = await handler({
+                method: 'get',
+                path: '/user',
+                query: { ['page[limit]']: '125' },
+                prisma,
+            });
+            expect(r.body.data).toHaveLength(125);
+            //expect(r.body.meta.total).toBe(150);
+            // expect(r.body.links).toMatchObject({
+            //     first: 'http://localhost/api/user?page%5Blimit%5D=5',
+            //     last: 'http://localhost/api/user?page%5Boffset%5D=145',
+            //     prev: null,
+            //     next: 'http://localhost/api/user?page%5Boffset%5D=5&page%5Blimit%5D=5',
+            // });
+        });
+    });
+});