diff --git a/library/src/androidTest/java/org/xmtp/android/library/ConversationTest.kt b/library/src/androidTest/java/org/xmtp/android/library/ConversationTest.kt
index 8cfb1a57a..c6aacc425 100644
--- a/library/src/androidTest/java/org/xmtp/android/library/ConversationTest.kt
+++ b/library/src/androidTest/java/org/xmtp/android/library/ConversationTest.kt
@@ -855,6 +855,7 @@ class ConversationTest {
             val caroConversation =
                 bobClient.conversations.newConversation(fixtures.caro.walletAddress)
             bobClient.contacts.refreshConsentList()
+            Thread.sleep(1000)
             assertEquals(bobClient.contacts.consentList.entries.size, 2)
             assertTrue(bobConversation.consentState() == ConsentState.ALLOWED)
             assertTrue(caroConversation.consentState() == ConsentState.ALLOWED)
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/org/xmtp/android/library/ApiClient.kt b/library/src/main/java/org/xmtp/android/library/ApiClient.kt
index 33585245e..283f15f5b 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/org/xmtp/android/library/ApiClient.kt
+++ b/library/src/main/java/org/xmtp/android/library/ApiClient.kt
@@ -129,20 +129,25 @@ data class GRPCApiClient(
      * It yields all the envelopes in the query using the paging info
      * from the prior response to fetch the next page.
      */
-    override suspend fun envelopes(topic: String, pagination: Pagination?): List<Envelope> {
+    override suspend fun envelopes(
+        topic: String,
+        pagination: Pagination?,
+    ): List<Envelope> {
         var envelopes: MutableList<Envelope> = mutableListOf()
         var hasNextPage = true
         var cursor: Cursor? = null
         while (hasNextPage) {
-            val response = query(topic = topic, pagination = pagination, cursor = cursor)
+            val response =
+                query(topic = topic, pagination = pagination, cursor = cursor)
             envelopes.addAll(response.envelopesList)
             cursor = response.pagingInfo.cursor
             hasNextPage = response.envelopesList.isNotEmpty() && response.pagingInfo.hasCursor()
-            if (pagination?.limit != null && envelopes.size >= pagination.limit) {
+            if (pagination?.limit != null && pagination.limit <= 100 && envelopes.size >= pagination.limit) {
                 envelopes = envelopes.take(pagination.limit).toMutableList()
                 break
             }
         }
+
         return envelopes
     }
 
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/org/xmtp/android/library/Contacts.kt b/library/src/main/java/org/xmtp/android/library/Contacts.kt
index a11960556..edadf7422 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/org/xmtp/android/library/Contacts.kt
+++ b/library/src/main/java/org/xmtp/android/library/Contacts.kt
@@ -70,9 +70,11 @@ class ConsentList(
                 Topic.preferenceList(identifier).description,
                 Pagination(
                     after = lastFetched,
-                    direction = MessageApiOuterClass.SortDirection.SORT_DIRECTION_ASCENDING
+                    direction = MessageApiOuterClass.SortDirection.SORT_DIRECTION_ASCENDING,
+                    limit = 500
                 ),
             )
+
         lastFetched = newDate
         val preferences: MutableList<PrivatePreferencesAction> = mutableListOf()
         for (envelope in envelopes) {
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/org/xmtp/android/library/messages/PagingInfo.kt b/library/src/main/java/org/xmtp/android/library/messages/PagingInfo.kt
index 6f3f5dc3b..2c6d3938c 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/org/xmtp/android/library/messages/PagingInfo.kt
+++ b/library/src/main/java/org/xmtp/android/library/messages/PagingInfo.kt
@@ -16,35 +16,13 @@ data class Pagination(
 ) {
     val pagingInfo: PagingInfo
         get() {
-            return PagingInfo.newBuilder().also {
-                if (limit != null) {
-                    it.limit = limit
+            return PagingInfo.newBuilder().also { page ->
+                limit?.let {
+                    page.limit = it
                 }
                 if (direction != null) {
-                    it.direction = direction
+                    page.direction = direction
                 }
             }.build()
         }
 }
-
-class PagingInfoBuilder {
-    companion object {
-        fun buildFromPagingInfo(
-            limit: Int? = null,
-            cursor: PagingInfoCursor? = null,
-            direction: PagingInfoSortDirection? = null,
-        ): PagingInfo {
-            return PagingInfo.newBuilder().also {
-                if (limit != null) {
-                    it.limit = limit
-                }
-                if (cursor != null) {
-                    it.cursor = cursor
-                }
-                if (direction != null) {
-                    it.direction = direction
-                }
-            }.build()
-        }
-    }
-}