diff --git a/modules/recent.php b/modules/recent.php
index 95163620..7b83db25 100644
--- a/modules/recent.php
+++ b/modules/recent.php
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class recent extends module_base
 				AND topic_moved_id = 0
 				' . $sql_where .  $forum_sql . '
 			ORDER BY topic_time DESC';
-		$result = $this->db->sql_query_limit($sql, $this->config['board3_max_topics_' . $module_id], 0 , 600);
+		$result = $this->db->sql_query_limit($sql, $this->config['board3_max_topics_' . $module_id], 0 , 30);
 
 		while (($row = $this->db->sql_fetchrow($result)) && ($row['topic_title']))
 		{
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class recent extends module_base
 				AND topic_moved_id = 0
 				' . $sql_where . $forum_sql . '
 			ORDER BY topic_time DESC';
-		$result = $this->db->sql_query_limit($sql, $this->config['board3_max_topics_' . $module_id], 0, 600);
+		$result = $this->db->sql_query_limit($sql, $this->config['board3_max_topics_' . $module_id], 0, 30);
 
 		while (($row = $this->db->sql_fetchrow($result)) && ($row['topic_title']))
 		{
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class recent extends module_base
 				AND topic_moved_id = 0
 				' . $sql_where . $forum_sql . '
 			ORDER BY topic_time DESC';
-		$result = $this->db->sql_query_limit($sql, $this->config['board3_max_topics_' . $module_id], 0, 600);
+		$result = $this->db->sql_query_limit($sql, $this->config['board3_max_topics_' . $module_id], 0, 30);
 
 		while (($row = $this->db->sql_fetchrow($result)) && ($row['topic_title']))
 		{
diff --git a/portal/fetch_posts.php b/portal/fetch_posts.php
index d99e3046..6dc7f46f 100644
--- a/portal/fetch_posts.php
+++ b/portal/fetch_posts.php
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class fetch_posts
 		// Cache queries for 30 seconds
 		if ($number_of_posts != 0)
 		{
-			$result = $this->db->sql_query_limit($sql, $number_of_posts, $start, 600);
+			$result = $this->db->sql_query_limit($sql, $number_of_posts, $start, 30);
 		}
 		else
 		{