diff --git a/src/hooks/useListSearch.tsx b/src/hooks/useListSearch.tsx
index 4f2a23ac..512a644a 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useListSearch.tsx
+++ b/src/hooks/useListSearch.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {useState, useMemo} from "react";
 import Input from "@/components/Low/Input";
-import { search } from "@/utils/search";
+import {search} from "@/utils/search";
 
 export function useListSearch<T>(fields: string[][], rows: T[]) {
 	const [text, setText] = useState("");
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ export function useListSearch<T>(fields: string[][], rows: T[]) {
 	const renderSearch = () => <Input label="Search" type="text" name="search" onChange={setText} placeholder="Enter search text" value={text} />;
 
 	const updatedRows = useMemo(() => {
-		return search(text, fields, rows);
+		if (text.length > 0) return search(text, fields, rows);
+		return rows;
 	}, [fields, rows, text]);
 
 	return {
diff --git a/src/hooks/usePagination.tsx b/src/hooks/usePagination.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..490c6c9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hooks/usePagination.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import Button from "@/components/Low/Button";
+import {useMemo, useState} from "react";
+
+export default function usePagination<T>(list: T[], size = 25) {
+	const [page, setPage] = useState(0);
+
+	const items = useMemo(() => list.slice(page * size, (page + 1) * size), [page, size, list]);
+
+	const render = () => (
+		<div className="w-full flex gap-2 justify-between items-center">
+			<div className="flex items-center gap-4 w-fit">
+				<Button className="w-[200px] h-fit" disabled={page === 0} onClick={() => setPage((prev) => prev - 1)}>
+					Previous Page
+				</Button>
+			</div>
+			<div className="flex items-center gap-4 w-fit">
+				<span className="opacity-80">
+					{page * size + 1} - {(page + 1) * size > list.length ? list.length : (page + 1) * size} / {list.length}
+				</span>
+				<Button className="w-[200px]" disabled={(page + 1) * size >= list.length} onClick={() => setPage((prev) => prev + 1)}>
+					Next Page
+				</Button>
+			</div>
+		</div>
+	);
+
+	return {page, items, setPage, render};
+}
diff --git a/src/pages/(admin)/Lists/UserList.tsx b/src/pages/(admin)/Lists/UserList.tsx
index 335e57ba..619630fa 100644
--- a/src/pages/(admin)/Lists/UserList.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/(admin)/Lists/UserList.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {checkAccess} from "@/utils/permissions";
 import {PermissionType} from "@/interfaces/permissions";
 import usePermissions from "@/hooks/usePermissions";
 import useUserBalance from "@/hooks/useUserBalance";
+import usePagination from "@/hooks/usePagination";
 const columnHelper = createColumnHelper<User>();
 const searchFields = [["name"], ["email"], ["corporateInformation", "companyInformation", "name"]];
 
@@ -62,15 +63,12 @@ export default function UserList({
 	const [sorter, setSorter] = useState<string>();
 	const [displayUsers, setDisplayUsers] = useState<User[]>([]);
 	const [selectedUser, setSelectedUser] = useState<User>();
-	const [page, setPage] = useState(0);
 
 	const userHash = useMemo(
 		() => ({
 			type,
-			size: 16,
-			page,
 		}),
-		[type, page],
+		[type],
 	);
 
 	const {users, total, isLoading, reload} = useUsers(userHash);
@@ -102,9 +100,9 @@ export default function UserList({
 		(async () => {
 			if (users && users.length > 0) {
 				const filteredUsers = filters.reduce((d, f) => d.filter(f), users);
-				const sortedUsers = await asyncSorter<User>(filteredUsers, sortFunction);
+				// const sortedUsers = await asyncSorter<User>(filteredUsers, sortFunction);
 
-				setDisplayUsers([...sortedUsers]);
+				setDisplayUsers([...filteredUsers]);
 			}
 		})();
 		// eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
@@ -513,10 +511,14 @@ export default function UserList({
 		return a.id.localeCompare(b.id);
 	};
 
-	const {rows: filteredRows, renderSearch} = useListSearch<User>(searchFields, displayUsers);
+	const {rows: filteredRows, renderSearch, text: searchText} = useListSearch<User>(searchFields, displayUsers);
+	const {items, setPage, render: renderPagination} = usePagination<User>(filteredRows, 16);
+
+	// eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+	useEffect(() => setPage(0), [searchText]);
 
 	const table = useReactTable({
-		data: filteredRows,
+		data: items,
 		columns: (!showDemographicInformation ? defaultColumns : demographicColumns) as any,
 		getCoreRowModel: getCoreRowModel(),
 	});
@@ -632,27 +634,7 @@ export default function UserList({
 							Download List
 						</Button>
 					</div>
-					<div className="w-full flex gap-2 justify-between">
-						<Button
-							isLoading={isLoading}
-							className="w-full max-w-[200px]"
-							disabled={page === 0}
-							onClick={() => setPage((prev) => prev - 1)}>
-							Previous Page
-						</Button>
-						<div className="flex items-center gap-4 w-fit">
-							<span className="opacity-80">
-								{page * userHash.size + 1} - {(page + 1) * userHash.size > total ? total : (page + 1) * userHash.size} / {total}
-							</span>
-							<Button
-								isLoading={isLoading}
-								className="w-[200px]"
-								disabled={(page + 1) * userHash.size >= total}
-								onClick={() => setPage((prev) => prev + 1)}>
-								Next Page
-							</Button>
-						</div>
-					</div>
+					{renderPagination()}
 					<table className="rounded-xl bg-mti-purple-ultralight/40 w-full">
 						<thead>
 							{table.getHeaderGroups().map((headerGroup) => (
diff --git a/src/pages/api/users/list.ts b/src/pages/api/users/list.ts
index 40362185..4914257a 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/users/list.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/users/list.ts
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@ async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
 		direction,
 	);
 
-	res.status(200).json({users: uniqBy([...users, req.session.user], "id"), total});
+	res.status(200).json({users: uniqBy([...users], "id"), total});
 }