diff --git a/app/models/category.rb b/app/models/category.rb
index a020533a9..10cfe3e86 100644
--- a/app/models/category.rb
+++ b/app/models/category.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #  index_categories_on_slug_and_locale_and_portal_id  (slug,locale,portal_id) UNIQUE
 #
 class Category < ApplicationRecord
+  paginates_per Limits::CATEGORIES_PER_PAGE
   belongs_to :account
   belongs_to :portal
   has_many :folders, dependent: :destroy_async
diff --git a/lib/limits.rb b/lib/limits.rb
index b6b449d0d..5a50f2f8f 100644
--- a/lib/limits.rb
+++ b/lib/limits.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ module Limits
   URL_LENGTH_LIMIT = 2048 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/417142
   OUT_OF_OFFICE_MESSAGE_MAX_LENGTH = 10_000
   GREETING_MESSAGE_MAX_LENGTH = 10_000
+  CATEGORIES_PER_PAGE = 1000
 
   def self.conversation_message_per_minute_limit
     ENV.fetch('CONVERSATION_MESSAGE_PER_MINUTE_LIMIT', '200').to_i