diff --git a/src/Azos.Sky.Server/Fabric/Server/FiberProcessorDaemon.IFiberManager.cs b/src/Azos.Sky.Server/Fabric/Server/FiberProcessorDaemon.IFiberManager.cs
index 7a0ecb857..0ffc418b6 100644
--- a/src/Azos.Sky.Server/Fabric/Server/FiberProcessorDaemon.IFiberManager.cs
+++ b/src/Azos.Sky.Server/Fabric/Server/FiberProcessorDaemon.IFiberManager.cs
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ public async Task<IEnumerable<FiberInfo>> GetFiberListAsync(FiberFilter filter)
 
       var result = new List<FiberInfo>();
 
-      var queryArgs = new StoreQueryArgs(filter);
+      var totalShards = shards.Count();
+
+      var queryArgs = new StoreQueryArgs(filter, totalShards);
 
       foreach(var batch in shards.BatchBy(4))
       {
diff --git a/src/Azos.Sky.Server/Fabric/Server/StoreQueryArgs.cs b/src/Azos.Sky.Server/Fabric/Server/StoreQueryArgs.cs
index 2b44e1044..67ae9dd9b 100644
--- a/src/Azos.Sky.Server/Fabric/Server/StoreQueryArgs.cs
+++ b/src/Azos.Sky.Server/Fabric/Server/StoreQueryArgs.cs
@@ -24,12 +24,25 @@ namespace Azos.Sky.Fabric
   public sealed class StoreQueryArgs : TransientModel
   {
     public StoreQueryArgs() { }
-    public StoreQueryArgs(FiberFilter proto)
+    public StoreQueryArgs(FiberFilter filter, int totalShards)
     {
-      proto.CopyFields(this);
-      if (proto.Id.HasValue) this.Gdid = proto.Id.Value.Gdid;
+      const int MAX_RECORDS = 512;
+
+      filter.CopyFields(this);
+      if (filter.Id.HasValue) this.Gdid = filter.Id.Value.Gdid;
+
+      if (totalShards < 1) totalShards = 1;
+
+      var rc = (filter.PagingCount > 0 ? filter.PagingCount : MAX_RECORDS ) / totalShards;
+
+      rc = rc.KeepBetween(1, (MAX_RECORDS / totalShards).AtMinimum(1));
+
+      RecordCount = rc;
     }
 
+    [Field(Description = "How many records to return")]
+    public int RecordCount { get; set; }
+
     [Field(Description = "Gdid of the specific fiber or zero")]
     public GDID?  Gdid { get; set; }