diff --git a/lib/adapters/cradle.js b/lib/adapters/cradle.js
index d624652c..6dd13285 100644
--- a/lib/adapters/cradle.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/cradle.js
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ CradleAdapter.prototype.count = function(model, callback, where) {
 
 CradleAdapter.prototype.models = function(model, filter, callback, func) {
     this.client.all(
-       {include_docs: true},
+       // maybe there is a better way to do this?
+       {include_docs:true, limit: filter.limit == null ? 9999999999 : filter.limit, skip: filter.skip == null ? 0 : filter.skip},
        errorHandler(callback, function(res, cb) {
           var docs = res.map(function(doc) {
              return idealize(doc);