diff --git a/client/coral-admin/src/reducers/stories.js b/client/coral-admin/src/reducers/stories.js
index a942dd724..4a069c82e 100644
--- a/client/coral-admin/src/reducers/stories.js
+++ b/client/coral-admin/src/reducers/stories.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const initialState = {
   criteria: {
     asc: 'false',
     filter: 'all',
+    limit: 20,
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/client/coral-ui/components/Paginate.css b/client/coral-ui/components/Paginate.css
index 813786d66..c188ccf57 100644
--- a/client/coral-ui/components/Paginate.css
+++ b/client/coral-ui/components/Paginate.css
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
   text-align: center;
   vertical-align: middle;
   line-height: 30px;
-  width: 30px;
+  min-width: 30px;
+  padding: 5px;
   user-select: none;
 }
 
@@ -24,7 +25,14 @@
   font-size: 1.8em;
 }
 
-.active {
+.page:hover {
+  background-color: #ababab;
+  box-shadow: 0 2px 2px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.14), 0 3px 1px -2px rgba(0,0,0,.2), 0 1px 5px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.12);
+  a {
+    color: white;
+  }
+}
+.active, .active:hover {
   background-color: #696969;
   box-shadow: 0 2px 2px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.14), 0 3px 1px -2px rgba(0,0,0,.2), 0 1px 5px 0 rgba(0,0,0,.12);
   a {
diff --git a/models/schema/asset.js b/models/schema/asset.js
index 82de92120..6df93634b 100644
--- a/models/schema/asset.js
+++ b/models/schema/asset.js
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ Asset.index(
   }
 );
 
+// Indexes for listing the assets on the admin page.
+Asset.index({ created_at: -1, publication_date: -1 }, { background: true });
+Asset.index({ created_at: 1, publication_date: 1 }, { background: true });
+
 /**
  * Returns true if the asset is closed, false else.
  */
diff --git a/routes/api/v1/assets.js b/routes/api/v1/assets.js
index 6e3d4266d..a8b043946 100644
--- a/routes/api/v1/assets.js
+++ b/routes/api/v1/assets.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const express = require('express');
+const Joi = require('joi');
 const router = express.Router();
 const authorization = require('../../../middleware/authorization');
 const { ErrHTTPNotFound } = require('../../../errors');
@@ -31,36 +32,63 @@ const FilterOpenAssets = (query, filter) => {
   }
 };
 
+const ListAssetsSchema = Joi.object({
+  value: Joi.string()
+    .empty('')
+    .default(''),
+  field: Joi.string()
+    .empty('')
+    .default('publication_date'),
+  page: Joi.number()
+    .empty('')
+    .default(1)
+    .min(1),
+  asc: Joi.bool()
+    .empty('')
+    .default(false),
+  filter: Joi.string()
+    .empty('')
+    .valid(['all', 'open', 'closed'])
+    .default('all'),
+  limit: Joi.number()
+    .empty('')
+    .default(20)
+    .max(500)
+    .min(0),
+});
+
 // List assets.
 router.get(
   '/',
   authorization.needed('ADMIN', 'MODERATOR'),
   async (req, res, next) => {
-    const {
-      value = '',
-      field = 'publication_date',
-      page = 1,
-      asc = 'false',
-      filter = 'all',
-      limit = 20,
-    } = req.query;
+    const { value: query, error: err } = Joi.validate(
+      req.query,
+      ListAssetsSchema,
+      {}
+    );
+    if (err) {
+      return next(err);
+    }
+
+    let { value, field, page, asc, filter, limit } = query;
 
     try {
-      const order = asc === 'true' ? 1 : -1;
+      const order = asc ? 1 : -1;
 
       const queryOpts = {
         sort: { [field]: order, created_at: order },
         skip: (page - 1) * limit,
-        limit,
+        limit: limit,
       };
 
       // Find all the assets.
       let [result, count] = await Promise.all([
-        // Find the actuall assets.
+        // Find the actual assets.
         FilterOpenAssets(AssetsService.search({ value }), filter)
           .sort(queryOpts.sort)
-          .skip(parseInt(queryOpts.skip))
-          .limit(parseInt(queryOpts.limit))
+          .skip(queryOpts.skip)
+          .limit(queryOpts.limit)
           .lean(),
 
         // Get the count of actual assets.
@@ -70,9 +98,9 @@ router.get(
       // Send back the asset data.
       res.json({
         result,
-        limit: Number(limit),
+        limit,
         count,
-        page: Number(page),
+        page,
         totalPages: Math.ceil(count / (limit === 0 ? 1 : limit)),
       });
     } catch (e) {