diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 2190a32..a9cef56 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 			"type": "debugpy",
 			"request": "launch",
 			"module": "steamleaderboards",
-			"args": ["-o", "./data", "383980"]
+			"args": ["-o", "./data", "383980", "--limit", "10", "--request-delay", "1.5"]
 		}
 	]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/steamleaderboards/__init__.py b/steamleaderboards/__init__.py
index 34680bc..2ea2fe0 100644
--- a/steamleaderboards/__init__.py
+++ b/steamleaderboards/__init__.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class ProtoLeaderboard:
 
 class Leaderboard:
     # noinspection PyMissingConstructor
-    def __init__(self, app_id=None, lbid=None, *, protoleaderboard=None, limit=5000, delay=None):
+    def __init__(self, app_id=None, lbid=None, *, protoleaderboard=None, limit=None, delay=None):
         if protoleaderboard:
             self.url = protoleaderboard.url
             self.lbid = protoleaderboard.lbid
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ class Leaderboard:
             self.display_type = None
         else:
             raise ValueError("No app_id, lbid or protoleaderboard specified")
+        if limit is None:
+            limit = 5000
         if delay is None:
             delay = 0.5
         next_request_url = self.url
@@ -89,12 +91,16 @@ class Leaderboard:
             _bs = BeautifulSoup(xml.content, features="lxml-xml")
             for entry in _bs.find_all("entry"):
                 self.entries.append(Entry(entry))
-            try:
-                next_request_url = _bs.find_all("nextRequestURL")[0].text
-            except IndexError:
-                next_request_url = None
+                if len(self.entries) >= limit:
+                    next_request_url = None
+                    break
             else:
-                time.sleep(delay)
+                try:
+                    next_request_url = _bs.find_all("nextRequestURL")[0].text
+                except IndexError:
+                    next_request_url = None
+                else:
+                    time.sleep(delay)
 
     def __repr__(self):
         if self.name:
diff --git a/steamleaderboards/__main__.py b/steamleaderboards/__main__.py
index 12282ad..172a121 100644
--- a/steamleaderboards/__main__.py
+++ b/steamleaderboards/__main__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import argparse
 import importlib.metadata
 import pathlib
 import sys
+import time
 from . import LeaderboardGroup, ProtoLeaderboard, Leaderboard, Entry
 
 
@@ -11,7 +12,8 @@ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
 
 parser.add_argument("-o", "--output-dir", dest="output_dir", help="The directory where downloaded leaderboards should be stored in.", type=pathlib.Path)
 parser.add_argument("app_id", type=int, nargs="+")
-parser.add_argument("-d", "--request-delay", dest="request_delay", help="How long to wait between two requests to the scoreboard API.", type=float)
+parser.add_argument("-d", "--request-delay", dest="request_delay", help="How long to wait between two requests to the scoreboard API.", type=float, default=0.5)
+parser.add_argument("-l", "--limit", dest="limit", help="How many entries to retrieve for each scoreboard.", type=int, default=5000)
 parser.add_argument("-V", "--version", action="version", version=importlib.metadata.version("steamleaderboards"))
 
 def main():
@@ -32,11 +34,13 @@ def main():
 		lg: LeaderboardGroup = LeaderboardGroup(app_id)
 		for proto in lg.leaderboards:
 			print(f"fetching full leaderboard: {app_id} {proto.name}", file=sys.stderr)
-			full: Leaderboard = proto.full(delay=args.request_delay)
+			full: Leaderboard = proto.full(limit=args.limit, delay=args.request_delay)
 			with open(output_dir.joinpath(f"{full.app_id}_{full.name}.csv"), mode="w") as file:
 				file.write(f"rank,steam_id,score,ugcid,details\n")
 				for entry in full.entries:
 					file.write(f"{entry.rank!r},{entry.steam_id!r},{entry.score!r},{entry.ugcid!r},{entry.details!r}\n")
+			print(f"done, resting for {args.request_delay} seconds", file=sys.stderr)
+			time.sleep(args.request_delay)
 		if len(lg.leaderboards) == 0:
 			print(f"game has no leaderboards", file=sys.stderr)