diff --git a/dmp-backend/src/main/java/proxy/fetching/RemoteFetcher.java b/dmp-backend/src/main/java/proxy/fetching/RemoteFetcher.java
index 9b73ea5b5..741718649 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/src/main/java/proxy/fetching/RemoteFetcher.java
+++ b/dmp-backend/src/main/java/proxy/fetching/RemoteFetcher.java
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ import com.jayway.jsonpath.DocumentContext;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath;
 
 import proxy.config.ConfigLoader;
+import proxy.config.FetchStrategy;
 import proxy.config.UrlConfig;
+import proxy.config.entities.ServiceUrls;
 import proxy.config.exceptions.HugeResultSet;
 import proxy.config.exceptions.NoURLFound;
 
@@ -39,59 +41,52 @@ public class RemoteFetcher {
 //	private static int MAX_RESULTS = 30;
 	
 	
-//	public static void main(String [] args) throws Exception {
-//		
-//		String path = "https://eestore.paas2.uninett.no/api/datarepo";
-//		String query = "her";
-//		
-//		RemoteFetcher remoteFetcher = new RemoteFetcher();
-//		List<Map<String, String>> repos = remoteFetcher.getAllResultsFromUrl(path, query);
-//		
-////		List<Map<String, String>> repos = remoteFetcher.getRepositories(query);
-//		System.out.println(repos.size());
-//		
-//	}
-	
 	@Cacheable("repositories")
 	public List<Map<String, String>> getRepositories(String query) throws NoURLFound, HugeResultSet {
 		List<UrlConfig> urlConfigs = configLoader.getExternalUrls().getRepositories().getUrls();
-		return getAll(urlConfigs, query);
+		FetchStrategy fetchStrategy = configLoader.getExternalUrls().getRepositories().getFetchMode();
+		return getAll(urlConfigs, fetchStrategy, query);
 	}
 	
 	@Cacheable("projects")
 	public List<Map<String, String>> getProjects(String query) throws NoURLFound, HugeResultSet {
 		List<UrlConfig> urlConfigs = configLoader.getExternalUrls().getProjects().getUrls();
-		return getAll(urlConfigs, query);
+		FetchStrategy fetchStrategy = configLoader.getExternalUrls().getProjects().getFetchMode();
+		return getAll(urlConfigs, fetchStrategy, query);
 	}
 	
 	@Cacheable("organisations")
 	public List<Map<String, String>> getOrganisations(String query) throws NoURLFound, HugeResultSet {
 		List<UrlConfig> urlConfigs = configLoader.getExternalUrls().getOrganisations().getUrls();
-		return getAll(urlConfigs, query);
+		FetchStrategy fetchStrategy = configLoader.getExternalUrls().getOrganisations().getFetchMode();
+		return getAll(urlConfigs, fetchStrategy, query);
 	}
 	
 	@Cacheable("registries")
 	public List<Map<String, String>> getRegistries(String query) throws NoURLFound, HugeResultSet {
 		List<UrlConfig> urlConfigs = configLoader.getExternalUrls().getRegistries().getUrls();
-		return getAll(urlConfigs, query);
+		FetchStrategy fetchStrategy = configLoader.getExternalUrls().getRegistries().getFetchMode();
+		return getAll(urlConfigs, fetchStrategy, query);
 	}
 	
 	@Cacheable("services")
 	public List<Map<String, String>> getServices(String query) throws NoURLFound, HugeResultSet {
 		List<UrlConfig> urlConfigs = configLoader.getExternalUrls().getServices().getUrls();
-		return getAll(urlConfigs, query);
+		FetchStrategy fetchStrategy = configLoader.getExternalUrls().getServices().getFetchMode();
+		return getAll(urlConfigs, fetchStrategy, query);
 	}
 	
 	@Cacheable("researchers")
 	public List<Map<String, String>> getResearchers(String query) throws NoURLFound, HugeResultSet {
 		List<UrlConfig> urlConfigs = configLoader.getExternalUrls().getResearchers().getUrls();
-		return getAll(urlConfigs, query);
+		FetchStrategy fetchStrategy = configLoader.getExternalUrls().getResearchers().getFetchMode();
+		return getAll(urlConfigs, fetchStrategy, query);
 	}
 	
 	
 	
 	
-	private List<Map<String, String>> getAll(List<UrlConfig> urlConfigs, String query) throws NoURLFound, HugeResultSet{
+	private List<Map<String, String>> getAll(List<UrlConfig> urlConfigs, FetchStrategy fetchStrategy, String query) throws NoURLFound, HugeResultSet{
 		
 		if(urlConfigs == null || urlConfigs.isEmpty())
 			throw new NoURLFound("No Repository urls found in configuration");
@@ -101,7 +96,7 @@ public class RemoteFetcher {
 		//for the time being, we only get the first one. in the near future we can add more than one (parallel stream)
 		//urlConfigs.parallelStream().map(mapper).reduce() etc etc
 		
-		return getAllResultsFromUrl(urlConfigs.get(0).getUrl(), urlConfigs.get(0).getDataPath(), urlConfigs.get(0).getPaginationPath(), query);
+		return getAllResultsFromUrl(urlConfigs.get(0).getUrl(), fetchStrategy, urlConfigs.get(0).getDataPath(), urlConfigs.get(0).getPaginationPath(), query);
 		
 	}
 	
@@ -109,7 +104,7 @@ public class RemoteFetcher {
 	
 	
 	
-	private List<Map<String, String>> getAllResultsFromUrl(String path, final String jsonDataPath, final String jsonPaginationPath, String query) throws HugeResultSet {
+	private List<Map<String, String>> getAllResultsFromUrl(String path, FetchStrategy fetchStrategy, final String jsonDataPath, final String jsonPaginationPath, String query) throws HugeResultSet {
 		Set<Integer> pages = new HashSet<Integer>();
 		
 		final String searchQuery = (query!=null) && !query.isEmpty() ? "&search="+query : "";
@@ -117,6 +112,10 @@ public class RemoteFetcher {
 		//first call
 		Results results = getResultsFromUrl(path + "?page=1" + searchQuery,  jsonDataPath, jsonPaginationPath);
 		
+		//if fetch strategy is to get only first page, then return that
+		if(fetchStrategy == FetchStrategy.FIRST)
+			return results.getResults();
+		
 		if(results.getPagination()!= null && results.getPagination().get("pages") != null) //if has more pages, add them to the pages set
 			for(int i = 2; i <= results.getPagination().get("pages") ; i++)
 				pages.add(i);
diff --git a/dmp-backend/src/main/resources/ExternalUrls.xml b/dmp-backend/src/main/resources/ExternalUrls.xml
index ddf4f0f6d..fbd4c3608 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/src/main/resources/ExternalUrls.xml
+++ b/dmp-backend/src/main/resources/ExternalUrls.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 			
 		</urls>
 
-		<fetchMode>ALL</fetchMode>
+		<fetchMode>FIRST</fetchMode>  <!-- EITHER 'FIRST' OR 'ALL' -->
 	</registries>
 
 	
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 			
 		</urls>
 
-		<fetchMode>ALL</fetchMode>
+		<fetchMode>FIRST</fetchMode>  <!-- EITHER 'FIRST' OR 'ALL' -->
 	
 	</projects>
 	
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 			
 		</urls>
 
-		<fetchMode>ALL</fetchMode>
+		<fetchMode>FIRST</fetchMode>  <!-- EITHER 'FIRST' OR 'ALL' -->
 		
 	</repositories>
 	
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 			
 		</urls>
 
-		<fetchMode>ALL</fetchMode>
+		<fetchMode>FIRST</fetchMode>  <!-- EITHER 'FIRST' OR 'ALL' -->
 	</services>
 
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 			
 		</urls>
 
-		<fetchMode>ALL</fetchMode>
+		<fetchMode>FIRST</fetchMode>  <!-- EITHER 'FIRST' OR 'ALL' -->
 	</researchers>
 
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 			
 		</urls>
 
-		<fetchMode>ALL</fetchMode>
+		<fetchMode>FIRST</fetchMode>  <!-- EITHER 'FIRST' OR 'ALL' -->
 	
 	</organisations>