diff --git a/app/views/admin/TrialRequestsView.coffee b/app/views/admin/TrialRequestsView.coffee
index 5f2f9aec8..106702c02 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/TrialRequestsView.coffee
+++ b/app/views/admin/TrialRequestsView.coffee
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ module.exports = class TrialRequestsView extends RootView
           -1
         else
           1
-      @trialRequests = new CocoCollection([], { url: '/db/trial.request', model: TrialRequest, comparator: sortRequests })
+      @trialRequests = new CocoCollection([], { url: '/db/trial.request?conditions[sort]=-_id&conditions[limit]=500', model: TrialRequest, comparator: sortRequests })
       @supermodel.loadCollection(@trialRequests, 'trial-requests', {cache: false})
 
   getRenderData: ->