diff --git a/zero.Core/Extensions/NumberExtensions.cs b/zero.Core/Extensions/NumberExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98bd9b62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zero.Core/Extensions/NumberExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+namespace zero.Core.Extensions
+{
+  public static class NumberExtensions
+  {
+    public static int Limit(this int input, int min, int max)
+    {
+      if (input < min)
+      {
+        return min;
+      }
+      if (input > max)
+      {
+        return max;
+      }
+      return input;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/zero.Core/Extensions/QueryableExtensions.cs b/zero.Core/Extensions/QueryableExtensions.cs
index f0ad947c..d0d540f0 100644
--- a/zero.Core/Extensions/QueryableExtensions.cs
+++ b/zero.Core/Extensions/QueryableExtensions.cs
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ namespace zero.Core.Extensions
 
     public static IQueryable<T> Paging<T>(this IQueryable<T> source, int pageNumber, int pageSize)
     {
+      pageNumber = pageNumber.Limit(1, 10_000_000);
+      pageSize = pageSize.Limit(1, 1_000);
+
       if (pageNumber <= 0 || pageSize <= 0)
       {
         throw new NotSupportedException("Both pageNumber and pageSize must be greater than zero");
diff --git a/zero.Web/ViewHelpers/ZeroMediaHelper.cs b/zero.Web/ViewHelpers/ZeroMediaHelper.cs
index c309a4ca..20aa4533 100644
--- a/zero.Web/ViewHelpers/ZeroMediaHelper.cs
+++ b/zero.Web/ViewHelpers/ZeroMediaHelper.cs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ namespace zero.Web.ViewHelpers
     public async Task<string> GetUrl(string id, bool isAbsolute = false)
     {
       IMedia media = await GetById(id);
-      return media?.Source;
+      return media?.Source.TrimStart("url://");
     }
 
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ namespace zero.Web.ViewHelpers
     public async Task<Dictionary<string, string>> GetUrls(string[] ids, bool isAbsolute = false)
     {
       Dictionary<string, IMedia> medias = await GetByIds(ids);
-      return medias.ToDictionary(x => x.Key, x => x.Value?.Source);
+      return medias.ToDictionary(x => x.Key, x => x.Value?.Source.TrimStart("url://"));
     }
   }