diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 36c68da..177baec 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,13 +14,14 @@ git clone https://github.com/InternetHealthReport/ihr-api.git
 
 ### 2. Create a `.env` File
 
-In the project root directory, create a new `.env` file to define your specific database connection string.
+In the project root directory, create a new `.env` file to define your specific database connection string, proxy path and page size (number of results to return per page.).
 
 `.env` content:
 
 ```env
 DATABASE_URL=postgresql://<username>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<database>
 PROXY_PATH=api-dev
+PAGE_SIZE = 100000 
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/controllers/country_controller.py b/controllers/country_controller.py
index 2dbdeff..b9e1b7d 100644
--- a/controllers/country_controller.py
+++ b/controllers/country_controller.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from dtos.country_dto import CountryDTO
 from config.database import get_db
 from typing import Optional
-from globals import page_size
+from utils import page_size
 
 # Define a router for all endpoints under /countries
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/countries", tags=["Countries"])
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def get_all_countries(
             None, description="Which field to use when ordering the results")
     ) -> GenericResponseDTO[CountryDTO]:
         """Retrieves paginated countries with optional filters."""
-       
+
         page = page or 1
         countries, total_count = CountryController.service.get_all_countries(
             db,
diff --git a/controllers/disco_controller.py b/controllers/disco_controller.py
index 82e5493..182a7a9 100644
--- a/controllers/disco_controller.py
+++ b/controllers/disco_controller.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from config.database import get_db
 from typing import Optional
 from datetime import datetime
-from globals import page_size
+from utils import page_size
 
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/disco", tags=["Disco"])
 
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ async def get_events(
             None, description="Total number of Atlas probes active in the reported stream (ASN, Country, or geographical area)."),
         ongoing: Optional[str] = Query(
             None, description="Deprecated, this value is unused"),
-        page: Optional[int] = Query(1, ge=1, description="A page number within the paginated result set."),
+        page: Optional[int] = Query(
+            1, ge=1, description="A page number within the paginated result set."),
         ordering: Optional[str] = Query(
             None, description="Which field to use when ordering the results")
     ) -> GenericResponseDTO[DiscoEventsDTO]:
diff --git a/controllers/hegemony_controller.py b/controllers/hegemony_controller.py
index 67e2963..ccfaf88 100644
--- a/controllers/hegemony_controller.py
+++ b/controllers/hegemony_controller.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from dtos.hegemony_alarms_dto import HegemonyAlarmsDTO
 from config.database import get_db
 from typing import Optional, List
-from globals import page_size
+from utils import page_size
 from utils import *
 
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/hegemony", tags=["Hegemony"])
diff --git a/controllers/metis_controller.py b/controllers/metis_controller.py
index 4a5365e..57266b2 100644
--- a/controllers/metis_controller.py
+++ b/controllers/metis_controller.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from dtos.metis_atlas_selection_dto import MetisAtlasSelectionDTO
 from config.database import get_db
 from typing import Optional
-from globals import page_size
+from utils import page_size
 from utils import validate_timebin_params, prepare_timebin_range
 
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/metis/atlas", tags=["Metis"])
diff --git a/controllers/network_delay_controller.py b/controllers/network_delay_controller.py
index cd25572..e4e2a57 100644
--- a/controllers/network_delay_controller.py
+++ b/controllers/network_delay_controller.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from config.database import get_db
 from typing import Optional, List
 from datetime import datetime
-from globals import page_size
+from utils import page_size
 from utils import *
 
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/network_delay", tags=["Network Delay"])
diff --git a/controllers/networks_controller.py b/controllers/networks_controller.py
index 3c1200e..b2c2a4b 100644
--- a/controllers/networks_controller.py
+++ b/controllers/networks_controller.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from dtos.networks_dto import NetworksDTO
 from dtos.generic_response_dto import GenericResponseDTO, build_url
 from config.database import get_db
-from globals import page_size
+from utils import page_size
 
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/networks", tags=["Networks"])
 
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ async def get_networks(
             None, description="Autonomous System Number (ASN) or IXP ID. Note that IXP ID are negative to avoid colision."),
         search: Optional[str] = Query(
             None, description="Search for both ASN/IXPID and substring in names"),
-        page: Optional[int] = Query(1, ge=1, description="A page number within the paginated result set."),
+        page: Optional[int] = Query(
+            1, ge=1, description="A page number within the paginated result set."),
         ordering: Optional[str] = Query(
             None, description="Which field to use when ordering the results.")
     ) -> GenericResponseDTO[NetworksDTO]:
diff --git a/controllers/tr_hegemony_controller.py b/controllers/tr_hegemony_controller.py
index 15be054..2bafb52 100644
--- a/controllers/tr_hegemony_controller.py
+++ b/controllers/tr_hegemony_controller.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from config.database import get_db
 from typing import Optional
 from datetime import datetime
-from globals import page_size
+from utils import page_size
 from utils import prepare_timebin_range
 
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/tr_hegemony", tags=["TR Hegemony"])
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ async def get_hegemony(
         """
         timebin__gte, timebin__lte = prepare_timebin_range(
             timebin, timebin__gte, timebin__lte, max_days=31)
-        
+
         hegemony_data, total_count = TRHegemonyController.service.get_tr_hegemony(
             db,
             timebin=timebin,
diff --git a/docs/project_structure.md b/docs/project_structure.md
index 3a23999..8d7c317 100644
--- a/docs/project_structure.md
+++ b/docs/project_structure.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ This document provides an overview of the project's file and folder structure. E
 ├── .gitignore             # Specifies intentionally untracked files to ignore
 ├── alembic.ini            # Alembic configuration file
 ├── dockerfile             # Docker image instructions to build the app container
-├── globals.py             # Global constants
+├── utils.py               # Utils
 ├── main.py                # FastAPI entry point (starts the app)
 ├── README.md              # Project documentation 
 ├── requirements.txt       # Python dependencies list for pip installation
diff --git a/globals.py b/globals.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 113770b..0000000
--- a/globals.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# page size represents the number of objects returned by "results" field of GenericResponseDTO 
-page_size = 5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/repositories/atlas_delay_alarms_repository.py b/repositories/atlas_delay_alarms_repository.py
index af6473b..782419a 100644
--- a/repositories/atlas_delay_alarms_repository.py
+++ b/repositories/atlas_delay_alarms_repository.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from models.atlas_delay_alarms import AtlasDelayAlarms
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
-from globals import page_size
+from utils import page_size
 
 
 class AtlasDelayAlarmsRepository:
diff --git a/repositories/atlas_delay_repository.py b/repositories/atlas_delay_repository.py
index 4454db6..40c1ae6 100644
--- a/repositories/atlas_delay_repository.py
+++ b/repositories/atlas_delay_repository.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from models.atlas_delay import AtlasDelay
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
-from globals import page_size
+from utils import page_size
 
 
 class AtlasDelayRepository:
diff --git a/repositories/atlas_location_repository.py b/repositories/atlas_location_repository.py
index 79e503d..4d30db9 100644
--- a/repositories/atlas_location_repository.py
+++ b/repositories/atlas_location_repository.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 from models.atlas_location import AtlasLocation
 from typing import Optional, List, Tuple
-from globals import page_size
+from utils import page_size
 
 
 class AtlasLocationRepository:
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ def get_all(
         # Apply ordering
         if order_by and hasattr(AtlasLocation, order_by):
             query = query.order_by(getattr(AtlasLocation, order_by))
-        
 
         # Apply pagination
         offset = (page - 1) * page_size
diff --git a/repositories/country_repository.py b/repositories/country_repository.py
index 9f56401..76a3b4a 100644
--- a/repositories/country_repository.py
+++ b/repositories/country_repository.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from models.country import Country
 from typing import Optional, List, Tuple  # Added Tuple for return type
 from sqlalchemy import asc
-from globals import page_size
+from utils import page_size
 
 
 class CountryRepository:
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def get_all(
         if name:
             query = query.filter(Country.name.ilike(f"%{name}%"))
 
-        #Executes getting total count of countries
+        # Executes getting total count of countries
         total_count = query.count()
 
         # Apply ordering if specified
diff --git a/repositories/disco_events_repository.py b/repositories/disco_events_repository.py
index d6e6c00..39d5a82 100644
--- a/repositories/disco_events_repository.py
+++ b/repositories/disco_events_repository.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from models.disco_events import DiscoEvents
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
-from globals import page_size
+from utils import page_size
 
 
 class DiscoEventsRepository:
diff --git a/repositories/hegemony_alarms_repository.py b/repositories/hegemony_alarms_repository.py
index bc4c957..e628104 100644
--- a/repositories/hegemony_alarms_repository.py
+++ b/repositories/hegemony_alarms_repository.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 from models.hegemony_alarms import HegemonyAlarms
 from typing import Optional, List, Tuple
-from globals import page_size
+from utils import page_size
 
 
 class HegemonyAlarmsRepository:
diff --git a/repositories/hegemony_cone_repository.py b/repositories/hegemony_cone_repository.py
index 8e2b067..1eed074 100644
--- a/repositories/hegemony_cone_repository.py
+++ b/repositories/hegemony_cone_repository.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 from models.hegemony_cone import HegemonyCone
 from typing import Optional, List, Tuple
-from globals import page_size
+from utils import page_size
 
 
 class HegemonyConeRepository:
diff --git a/repositories/hegemony_country_repository.py b/repositories/hegemony_country_repository.py
index 075a664..906cb68 100644
--- a/repositories/hegemony_country_repository.py
+++ b/repositories/hegemony_country_repository.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 from models.hegemony_country import HegemonyCountry
 from typing import Optional, List, Tuple
-from globals import page_size
+from utils import page_size
 
 
 class HegemonyCountryRepository:
diff --git a/repositories/hegemony_prefix_repository.py b/repositories/hegemony_prefix_repository.py
index 8a30099..ee2b472 100644
--- a/repositories/hegemony_prefix_repository.py
+++ b/repositories/hegemony_prefix_repository.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 from models.hegemony_prefix import HegemonyPrefix
 from typing import Optional, List, Tuple
-from globals import page_size
+from utils import page_size
 
 
 class HegemonyPrefixRepository:
diff --git a/repositories/hegemony_repository.py b/repositories/hegemony_repository.py
index 4014eb5..ed7f902 100644
--- a/repositories/hegemony_repository.py
+++ b/repositories/hegemony_repository.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 from models.hegemony import Hegemony
 from typing import Optional, List, Tuple
-from globals import page_size
+from utils import page_size
 
 
 class HegemonyRepository:
diff --git a/repositories/metis_atlas_deployment_repository.py b/repositories/metis_atlas_deployment_repository.py
index df944c1..2e4edcf 100644
--- a/repositories/metis_atlas_deployment_repository.py
+++ b/repositories/metis_atlas_deployment_repository.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 from models.metis_atlas_deployment import MetisAtlasDeployment
 from typing import Optional, List, Tuple
-from globals import page_size
+from utils import page_size
 
 
 class MetisAtlasDeploymentRepository:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def get_all(
         # Apply ordering
         if order_by and hasattr(MetisAtlasDeployment, order_by):
             query = query.order_by(getattr(MetisAtlasDeployment, order_by))
-        
+
         # Apply pagination
         offset = (page - 1) * page_size
         results = query.offset(offset).limit(page_size).all()
diff --git a/repositories/metis_atlas_selection_repository.py b/repositories/metis_atlas_selection_repository.py
index 53cc5cc..0d9d882 100644
--- a/repositories/metis_atlas_selection_repository.py
+++ b/repositories/metis_atlas_selection_repository.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 from models.metis_atlas_selection import MetisAtlasSelection
 from typing import Optional, List, Tuple
-from globals import page_size
+from utils import page_size
 
 
 class MetisAtlasSelectionRepository:
diff --git a/repositories/networks_repository.py b/repositories/networks_repository.py
index 9117875..d7add3e 100644
--- a/repositories/networks_repository.py
+++ b/repositories/networks_repository.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
-from sqlalchemy import or_,String
+from sqlalchemy import or_, String
 from models.asn import ASN
 from typing import Optional, List, Tuple
-from globals import page_size
+from utils import page_size
 
 
 class NetworksRepository:
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def get_all(
         # Apply ordering
         if order_by and hasattr(ASN, order_by):
             query = query.order_by(getattr(ASN, order_by))
-     
+
         # Apply pagination
         offset = (page - 1) * page_size
         results = query.offset(offset).limit(page_size).all()
diff --git a/repositories/tr_hegemony_repository.py b/repositories/tr_hegemony_repository.py
index a6f802b..1a6f008 100644
--- a/repositories/tr_hegemony_repository.py
+++ b/repositories/tr_hegemony_repository.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 from models.tr_hegemony import TRHegemony
 from datetime import datetime
 from typing import List, Optional, Tuple
-from globals import page_size
+from utils import page_size
 
 
 class TRHegemonyRepository:
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 90ee61a..f29bcde 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -3,7 +3,16 @@
 from fastapi import HTTPException
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from typing import Optional
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+import os
 
+# Load environment variables from .env file
+try:
+    load_dotenv()
+except:
+    pass
+
+page_size = int(os.getenv("PAGE_SIZE"))
 
 def validate_timebin_params(
     timebin: Optional[datetime],