diff --git a/InvenTree/part/api.py b/InvenTree/part/api.py
index ff4c9b3f94..bf6e49580f 100644
--- a/InvenTree/part/api.py
+++ b/InvenTree/part/api.py
@@ -646,6 +646,20 @@ class PartList(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
 
             queryset = queryset.filter(pk__in=parts_need_stock)
 
+        # Optionally limit the maximum number of returned results
+        # e.g. for displaying "recent part" list
+        max_results = params.get('max_results', None)
+
+        if max_results is not None:
+            try:
+                max_results = int(max_results)
+
+                if max_results > 0:
+                    queryset = queryset[:max_results]
+
+            except (ValueError):
+                pass
+
         return queryset
 
     filter_backends = [
diff --git a/InvenTree/stock/api.py b/InvenTree/stock/api.py
index 1bc0817083..1a470a09b5 100644
--- a/InvenTree/stock/api.py
+++ b/InvenTree/stock/api.py
@@ -816,6 +816,18 @@ class StockList(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
                 print("After error:", str(updated_after))
                 pass
 
+        # Optionally, limit the maximum number of returned results
+        max_results = params.get('max_results', None)
+
+        if max_results is not None:
+            try:
+                max_results = int(max_results)
+
+                if max_results > 0:
+                    queryset = queryset[:max_results]
+            except (ValueError):
+                pass
+
         # Also ensure that we pre-fecth all the related items
         queryset = queryset.prefetch_related(
             'part',
diff --git a/InvenTree/templates/InvenTree/index.html b/InvenTree/templates/InvenTree/index.html
index cb2cda0a30..2023227bce 100644
--- a/InvenTree/templates/InvenTree/index.html
+++ b/InvenTree/templates/InvenTree/index.html
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ addHeaderAction('bom-validation', '{% trans "BOM Waiting Validation" %}', 'fa-ti
 loadSimplePartTable("#table-latest-parts", "{% url 'api-part-list' %}", {
     params: {
         ordering: "-creation_date",
-        limit: {% settings_value "PART_RECENT_COUNT" %},
+        max_results: {% settings_value "PART_RECENT_COUNT" %},
     },
     name: 'latest_parts',
 });
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ addHeaderAction('stock-to-build', '{% trans "Required for Build Orders" %}', 'fa
 loadStockTable($('#table-recently-updated-stock'), {
     params: {
         ordering: "-updated",
-        limit: {% settings_value "STOCK_RECENT_COUNT" %},
+        max_results: {% settings_value "STOCK_RECENT_COUNT" %},
     },
     name: 'recently-updated-stock',
     grouping: false,
diff --git a/InvenTree/templates/js/part.js b/InvenTree/templates/js/part.js
index b12788cfe8..cefc2af8a7 100644
--- a/InvenTree/templates/js/part.js
+++ b/InvenTree/templates/js/part.js
@@ -441,7 +441,6 @@ function loadPartTable(table, url, options={}) {
 
     $(table).inventreeTable({
         url: url,
-        sortName: 'name',
         method: 'get',
         queryParams: filters,
         groupBy: false,