diff --git a/packages/arcgis-rest-portal/src/items/get.ts b/packages/arcgis-rest-portal/src/items/get.ts
index 6e19ea48f1..6c26304128 100644
--- a/packages/arcgis-rest-portal/src/items/get.ts
+++ b/packages/arcgis-rest-portal/src/items/get.ts
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ export function getItemResources(
   const options: IRequestOptions = {
     ...requestOptions
   };
-  options.params = { ...options.params, ...{ num: 1000 } };
+  options.params = { num: 1000, ...options.params };
 
   return request(url, options);
 }