diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/SushiliteApiImpl.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/SushiliteApiImpl.java
index 21b39cb..6759326 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/SushiliteApiImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/repo/manager/service/controllers/SushiliteApiImpl.java
@@ -85,16 +85,18 @@ public class SushiliteApiImpl implements SushiliteApi {
                 throw e;
             }
 
+            // check remote api's response
             System.out.println("sushi responded status " + resp.getStatusCode());
 
+            // get the items corresponding to the requested page
             List<ReportItem> requestedItemList = new ArrayList<>();
             if (resp.getBody().getReportResponse().getReportWrapper().getReport().getCustomer().getReportItems() != null) {
                 try {
                     int totalItems = resp.getBody().getReportResponse().getReportWrapper().getReport().getCustomer().getReportItems().size();
-                    int offset = Integer.parseInt(page);
                     int size = Integer.parseInt(pageSize);
+                    int offset = Integer.parseInt(page)*size;
 
-                    if (offset <= (totalItems / size) ) {
+                    if (offset < totalItems ) {
                         int upperIndex = offset+size;
                         if (upperIndex > totalItems) {
                             upperIndex = totalItems;