diff --git a/config/settings/base.py b/config/settings/base.py
index b0e06626..3106e21f 100644
--- a/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/config/settings/base.py
@@ -440,6 +440,9 @@
 AUTH_PAGE_LIMIT = env.int("AUTH_PAGE_LIMIT", default=1000)
 ANON_PAGE_LIMIT = env.int("ANON_PAGE_LIMIT", default=100)
 
+DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE = env.int("DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE", default=25)
+MAX_PAGE_SIZE = env.int("MAX_PAGE_SIZE", default=1000)
+
 # django-extensions
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # https://django-extensions.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation_instructions.html#configuration
diff --git a/documentcloud/core/pagination.py b/documentcloud/core/pagination.py
index 4b094284..7a61499a 100644
--- a/documentcloud/core/pagination.py
+++ b/documentcloud/core/pagination.py
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ def paginate_queryset(self, queryset, request, view=None):
 
 class CursorPagination(pagination.CursorPagination):
     ordering = "pk"
-    page_size = 25
-    max_page_size = 1000
+    page_size = settings.DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE
+    max_page_size = settings.MAX_PAGE_SIZE
     page_size_query_param = "per_page"
 
 
diff --git a/local.yml b/local.yml
index 56bde586..1e9a049f 100644
--- a/local.yml
+++ b/local.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-version: '3.8'
-
 volumes:
   local_postgres15_data: {}
   local_postgres15_data_backups: {}
@@ -8,7 +6,6 @@ volumes:
   local_minio_data: {}
 
 services:
-
   documentcloud_django: &django
     build:
       context: .
@@ -35,7 +32,6 @@ services:
         aliases:
           - internal.api.dev.documentcloud.org
 
-
   documentcloud_postgres:
     build:
       context: .