diff --git a/changes.proto b/changes.proto
index 8f633cc..8fc3609 100644
--- a/changes.proto
+++ b/changes.proto
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import "bookmarks.proto";
 import "items.proto";
 import "snapshots.proto";
 import "config.proto";
+import "util.proto";
 
 //              ______
 //           ,'"       "-._
@@ -261,9 +262,13 @@ message GetAppSummariesResponse {
   repeated changes.AppSummary apps = 1;
 }
 
-message ListHomeChangesRequest {}
+message ListHomeChangesRequest {
+  PaginationRequest pagination = 1;
+}
+
 message ListHomeChangesResponse {
   repeated ChangeSummary changes = 1;
+  PaginationResponse pagination = 2;
 }
 
 message ListHomeAppsRequest {}
diff --git a/util.proto b/util.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b774ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+
+// _____/\\\\\\\\\\\____/\\\\\\\\\\\\_____/\\\\\\\\\\\\\___
+//  ___/\\\/////////\\\_\/\\\////////\\\__\/\\\/////////\\\_
+//   __\//\\\______\///__\/\\\______\//\\\_\/\\\_______\/\\\_
+//    ___\////\\\_________\/\\\_______\/\\\_\/\\\\\\\\\\\\\/__
+//     ______\////\\\______\/\\\_______\/\\\_\/\\\/////////____
+//      _________\////\\\___\/\\\_______\/\\\_\/\\\_____________
+//       __/\\\______\//\\\__\/\\\_______/\\\__\/\\\_____________
+//        _\///\\\\\\\\\\\/___\/\\\\\\\\\\\\/___\/\\\_____________
+//         ___\///////////_____\////////////_____\///______________
+option go_package = "github.com/overmindtech/sdp-go;sdp";
+
+message PaginationRequest {
+  // The number of items to return in a single page. The minimum is 10 and the maximum is 100.
+  int32 pageSize = 1;
+
+  // The page number to return. the first page is 0. 
+  // if the page number is larger than the total number of pages, the last page is returned.
+  // if the page number is negative, the first page 0 is returned.
+  int32 page = 2;
+}
+  
+message PaginationResponse {
+  // The number of items in the current page
+  int32 pageSize = 1;
+
+  // The total number of items available. Expensive to calculate https://www.cybertec-postgresql.com/en/pagination-problem-total-result-count/
+  // this is done as a separate query
+  int32 totalItems = 2;
+
+  // The current page number
+  int32 page = 3;
+
+  // The total number of pages available. based on the totalItems and pageSize.
+  int32 totalPages = 4;
+}
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