diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5df88a31..6e8dbbbc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,9 +30,10 @@ __pycache__
 *.patch
 Vagrantfile
 
-### vscode ###
+### vscode / inteliJ ###
 .vscode/
 *.code-workspace
+.idea/
 
 ## act secrets
 .secrets/
diff --git a/application/frontend/src/providers/DataProvider.tsx b/application/frontend/src/providers/DataProvider.tsx
index a14060e5..12664b55 100644
--- a/application/frontend/src/providers/DataProvider.tsx
+++ b/application/frontend/src/providers/DataProvider.tsx
@@ -42,15 +42,11 @@ export const DataProvider = ({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) => {
 
     const initialLinks = storedDoc.links;
     let creLinks = initialLinks.filter(
-      (x) => x.document && !keyPath.includes(getStoreKey(x.document)) && getStoreKey(x.document) in dataStore
+      (x) =>
+        !!x.document && !keyPath.includes(getStoreKey(x.document)) && getStoreKey(x.document) in dataStore
     );
 
-    if (!creLinks.length) {
-      // leaves of the tree can be links that are included in the keyPath.
-      // If we don't add this here, the leaves are filtered out above (see ticket #514 on OpenCRE)
-      storedDoc.links = initialLinks.filter((x) => x.ltype === 'Contains' && !!x.document);
-      return storedDoc;
-    }
+    creLinks = creLinks.filter((x) => x.ltype === 'Contains');
 
     //continue traversing the tree
     creLinks = creLinks.map((x) => ({ ltype: x.ltype, document: buildTree(x.document, keyPath) }));
@@ -91,25 +87,20 @@ export const DataProvider = ({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) => {
     async () => {
       if (!Object.keys(dataStore).length) {
         try {
-          const result = await axios.get(`${apiUrl}/all_cres`);
+          const result = await axios.get(`${apiUrl}/all_cres?page=1&per_page=1000`);
           let data = result.data.data;
-          const page = result.data.page;
-          const total_pages = result.data.total_pages;
           let store = {};
 
-          if (data.length && total_pages && page) {
-            for (let p = page; p < total_pages; p++) {
-              data.forEach((x) => {
-                store[getStoreKey(x)] = {
-                  links: x.links,
-                  displayName: getDocumentDisplayName(x),
-                  url: getInternalUrl(x),
-                  ...x,
-                };
-              });
-              const result = await axios.get(`${apiUrl}/all_cres?page=${p}`);
-              data = result.data.data;
-            }
+          if (data.length) {
+            data.forEach((x) => {
+              store[getStoreKey(x)] = {
+                links: x.links,
+                displayName: getDocumentDisplayName(x),
+                url: getInternalUrl(x),
+                ...x,
+              };
+            });
+
             setLocalStorageObject(DATA_STORE_KEY, store, TWO_DAYS_MILLISECONDS);
             setDataStore(store);
             console.log('retrieved all cres');
diff --git a/application/web/web_main.py b/application/web/web_main.py
index f928290a..0b5cc483 100644
--- a/application/web/web_main.py
+++ b/application/web/web_main.py
@@ -653,17 +653,15 @@ def all_cres() -> Any:
     page = 1
     per_page = ITEMS_PER_PAGE
     if request.args.get("page") is not None and int(request.args.get("page")) > 0:
-        page = request.args.get("page")
+        page = int(request.args.get("page"))
 
     if (
         request.args.get("per_page") is not None
         and int(request.args.get("per_page")) > 0
     ):
-        per_page = request.args.get("per_page")
+        per_page = int(request.args.get("per_page"))
 
-    documents, page, total_pages = database.all_cres_with_pagination(
-        page, per_page=per_page
-    )
+    documents, page, total_pages = database.all_cres_with_pagination(page, per_page)
     if documents:
         res = [doc.todict() for doc in documents]
         return jsonify({"data": res, "page": page, "total_pages": total_pages})