diff --git a/public/src/client/chats/recent.js b/public/src/client/chats/recent.js
index b9b7e1b678..24fa82f951 100644
--- a/public/src/client/chats/recent.js
+++ b/public/src/client/chats/recent.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ define('forum/chats/recent', ['alerts', 'api', 'chat'], function (alerts, api, c
 		recentChats.attr('loading', 1);
 		api.get(`/chats`, {
 			uid: ajaxify.data.uid,
-			after: recentChats.attr('data-nextstart'),
+			start: recentChats.attr('data-nextstart'),
 		}).then(({ rooms, nextStart }) => {
 			if (rooms.length) {
 				onRecentChatsLoaded({ rooms, nextStart }, function () {
diff --git a/src/controllers/write/chats.js b/src/controllers/write/chats.js
index ae21235f88..81f4fb27e8 100644
--- a/src/controllers/write/chats.js
+++ b/src/controllers/write/chats.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Chats.list = async (req, res) => {
 	let { page, perPage, start, uid } = req.query;
 	([page, perPage, start, uid] = [page, perPage, start, uid].map(value => isFinite(value) && parseInt(value, 10)));
 	page = page || 1;
-	perPage = perPage || 20;
+	perPage = Math.min(100, perPage || 20);
 
 	// start supercedes page
 	if (start) {