diff --git a/apiserver/apierrors/errors.conf b/apiserver/apierrors/errors.conf
index 22dbb0d..ca78c81 100644
--- a/apiserver/apierrors/errors.conf
+++ b/apiserver/apierrors/errors.conf
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     24: ["not_public_object", "object is not public"]
 
     # Auth / Login
-    75: ["invalid_access_key", "access key not found for user"]
+    75: ["invalid_access_key", "access key not found"]
 
     # Tasks
     100: ["task_error", "general task error"]
diff --git a/apiserver/config/default/services/organization.conf b/apiserver/config/default/services/organization.conf
index f98638d..14a9432 100644
--- a/apiserver/config/default/services/organization.conf
+++ b/apiserver/config/default/services/organization.conf
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ tags_cache {
 download {
     redis_timeout_sec: 300
     batch_size: 500
+    max_download_items: 50000
     max_project_name_length: 60
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apiserver/schema/services/users.conf b/apiserver/schema/services/users.conf
index dd3c37f..ed3619d 100644
--- a/apiserver/schema/services/users.conf
+++ b/apiserver/schema/services/users.conf
@@ -155,6 +155,17 @@ get_current_user {
             }
         }
     }
+    "2.26": ${get_current_user."2.20"} {
+        response.properties.settings {
+            type: object
+            properties {
+                max_download_items {
+                    type: string
+                    description: The maximum items downloaded for this user in csv file downloads
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 get_all_ex {
diff --git a/apiserver/services/organization.py b/apiserver/services/organization.py
index 0c67ddb..3f3868b 100644
--- a/apiserver/services/organization.py
+++ b/apiserver/services/organization.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ from apiserver.utilities.dicts import nested_get
 org_bll = OrgBLL()
 project_bll = ProjectBLL()
 redis = redman.connection("apiserver")
+conf = config.get("services.organization")
 
 
 @endpoint("organization.get_tags", request_data_model=TagsRequest)
@@ -182,9 +183,6 @@ def _get_download_getter_fn(
     return getter
 
 
-download_conf = config.get("services.organization.download")
-
-
 @endpoint("organization.prepare_download_for_get_all")
 def prepare_download_for_get_all(
     call: APICall, company: str, request: PrepareDownloadForGetAllRequest
@@ -214,12 +212,13 @@ def prepare_download_for_get_all(
         allow_public=request.allow_public,
         entity_type=request.entity_type,
     )
+    # retrieve one element just to make sure that there are no issues with the call parameters
     if getter:
         getter(0, 1)
 
     redis.setex(
         f"get_all_download_{call.id}",
-        int(download_conf.get("redis_timeout_sec", 300)),
+        int(conf.get("download.redis_timeout_sec", 300)),
         json.dumps(call.data),
     )
 
@@ -250,7 +249,8 @@ def download_for_get_all(call: APICall, company, request: DownloadForGetAllReque
             mapping.get("name", mapping["field"]): {
                 "field_path": mapping["field"].split("."),
                 "values": {
-                    v.get("key"): v.get("value") for v in (mapping.get("values") or [])
+                    v.get("key"): v.get("value")
+                    for v in (mapping.get("values") or [])
                 },
             }
             for mapping in call_data.get("field_mappings", [])
@@ -287,16 +287,18 @@ def download_for_get_all(call: APICall, company, request: DownloadForGetAllReque
 
         with ThreadPoolExecutor(1) as pool:
             page = 0
-            page_size = int(download_conf.get("batch_size", 500))
-            future = pool.submit(get_fn, page, page_size)
-
-            while True:
+            page_size = int(conf.get("download.batch_size", 500))
+            items_left = int(conf.get("download.max_download_items", 1000))
+            future = pool.submit(get_fn, page, min(page_size, items_left))
+            while items_left > 0:
                 result = future.result()
                 if not result:
                     break
 
+                items_left -= len(result)
                 page += 1
-                future = pool.submit(get_fn, page, page_size)
+                if items_left > 0:
+                    future = pool.submit(get_fn, page, min(page_size, items_left))
 
                 with StringIO() as fp:
                     writer = csv.writer(fp)
@@ -323,7 +325,7 @@ def download_for_get_all(call: APICall, company, request: DownloadForGetAllReque
         if not project:
             return
 
-        return project.basename[: download_conf.get("max_project_name_length", 60)]
+        return project.basename[: conf.get("download.max_project_name_length", 60)]
 
     call.result.filename = "-".join(
         filter(None, ("clearml", get_project_name(), f"{request.entity_type}s.csv"))
diff --git a/apiserver/services/users.py b/apiserver/services/users.py
index 70f1f93..e2a9365 100644
--- a/apiserver/services/users.py
+++ b/apiserver/services/users.py
@@ -98,9 +98,7 @@ def get_current_user(call: APICall, company_id, _):
     user_id = call.identity.user
 
     projection = (
-        {"company.name"}
-        .union(User.get_fields())
-        .difference(User.get_exclude_fields())
+        {"company.name"}.union(User.get_fields()).difference(User.get_exclude_fields())
     )
     res = User.get_many_with_join(
         query=Q(id=user_id),
@@ -114,9 +112,13 @@ def get_current_user(call: APICall, company_id, _):
     user = res[0]
     user["role"] = call.identity.role
 
-    resp = {
-        "user": user,
-        "getting_started": config.get("apiserver.getting_started_info", None),
+    resp = dict(
+        user=user, getting_started=config.get("apiserver.getting_started_info", None)
+    )
+    resp["settings"] = {
+        "max_download_items": int(
+            config.get("services.organization.download.max_download_items", 1000)
+        )
     }
     call.result.data = resp