diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 2f0d5584a5..8c9d3b9eb8 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ const packageJSON = require('./package.json')
 const {
   CI = '',
   LIGHTWEIGHT_CLIENT = 'true',
+  MAX_EVENTS_AFTER = '',
   NODE_ENV = 'development',
   EXPOSE_SBP = ''
 } = process.env
@@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ module.exports = (grunt) => {
         'process.env.CONTRACTS_VERSION': `'${CONTRACTS_VERSION}'`,
         'process.env.GI_VERSION': `'${GI_VERSION}'`,
         'process.env.LIGHTWEIGHT_CLIENT': `'${LIGHTWEIGHT_CLIENT}'`,
+        'process.env.MAX_EVENTS_AFTER': `'${MAX_EVENTS_AFTER}'`,
         'process.env.NODE_ENV': `'${NODE_ENV}'`,
         'process.env.EXPOSE_SBP': `'${EXPOSE_SBP}'`
       },
diff --git a/backend/database.js b/backend/database.js
index e045bb142c..669d6fa2d2 100644
--- a/backend/database.js
+++ b/backend/database.js
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ import path from 'node:path'
 import '@sbp/okturtles.data'
 import { checkKey, parsePrefixableKey, prefixHandlers } from '~/shared/domains/chelonia/db.js'
 import LRU from 'lru-cache'
+import { createCircularList } from '../shared/circularList.js'
 
 const Boom = require('@hapi/boom')
 
+const MAX_EVENTS_AFTER = Number.parseInt(process.env.MAX_EVENTS_AFTER, 10)
 const production = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
 // Defaults to `fs` in production.
 const persistence = process.env.GI_PERSIST || (production ? 'fs' : undefined)
@@ -43,6 +45,38 @@ sbp('sbp/selectors/register', {
       throw Boom.notFound(`contractID ${contractID} doesn't exist!`)
     }
     let prefix = '['
+    if (MAX_EVENTS_AFTER) {
+      const circularList = createCircularList(MAX_EVENTS_AFTER, undefined)
+      while (currentHEAD !== hash) {
+        const entry = await sbp('chelonia/db/getEntry', currentHEAD)
+        currentHEAD = entry.message().previousHEAD
+        circularList.add(entry)
+      }
+      const entry = await sbp('chelonia/db/getEntry', currentHEAD)
+      circularList.add(entry)
+
+      const entries = circularList.toArray()
+      let i = 0
+      return new Readable({
+        read (): any {
+          try {
+            const entry = entries[i++]
+            if (entry) {
+              const json = `"${strToB64(entry.serialize())}"`
+              this.push(prefix + json)
+              prefix = ','
+            } else {
+              this.push(prefix === ',' ? ']' : '[]')
+              this.push(null)
+            }
+          } catch (e) {
+            console.error(`read(): ${e.message}:`, e)
+            this.push(prefix === ',' ? ']' : '[]')
+            this.push(null)
+          }
+        }
+      })
+    }
     // NOTE: if this ever stops working you can also try Readable.from():
     // https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_stream_readable_from_iterable_options
     return new Readable({
@@ -51,6 +85,7 @@ sbp('sbp/selectors/register', {
           const entry = await sbp('chelonia/db/getEntry', currentHEAD)
           const json = `"${strToB64(entry.serialize())}"`
           if (currentHEAD !== hash) {
+            const json = `"${strToB64(entry.serialize())}"`
             this.push(prefix + json)
             currentHEAD = entry.message().previousHEAD
             prefix = ','
diff --git a/frontend/model/captureLogs.js b/frontend/model/captureLogs.js
index f7fbfd0095..70b1e0afd5 100644
--- a/frontend/model/captureLogs.js
+++ b/frontend/model/captureLogs.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import sbp from '@sbp/sbp'
 import { CAPTURED_LOGS, SET_APP_LOGS_FILTER } from '~/frontend/utils/events.js'
-import { createCircularList } from '~/frontend/utils/circularList.js'
+import { createCircularList } from '~/shared/circularList.js'
 
 /*
   - giConsole/[username]/entries - the stored log entries.
diff --git a/frontend/utils/circularList.js b/shared/circularList.js
similarity index 100%
rename from frontend/utils/circularList.js
rename to shared/circularList.js
diff --git a/shared/domains/chelonia/chelonia.js b/shared/domains/chelonia/chelonia.js
index 7506cfff5e..055451b70f 100644
--- a/shared/domains/chelonia/chelonia.js
+++ b/shared/domains/chelonia/chelonia.js
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import { GIMessage } from './GIMessage.js'
 import { ChelErrorUnrecoverable } from './errors.js'
 import type { GIOpContract, GIOpActionUnencrypted } from './GIMessage.js'
 
+const MAX_EVENTS_AFTER = Number.parseInt(process.env.MAX_EVENTS_AFTER, 10)
+
 // TODO: define ChelContractType for /defineContract
 
 export type ChelRegParams = {
@@ -320,9 +322,28 @@ export default (sbp('sbp/selectors/register', {
   //       the events one-by-one instead of converting to giant json object?
   //       however, note if we do that they would be processed in reverse...
   'chelonia/out/eventsAfter': async function (contractID: string, since: string) {
-    const events = await fetch(`${this.config.connectionURL}/eventsAfter/${contractID}/${since}`)
+    let events = await fetch(`${this.config.connectionURL}/eventsAfter/${contractID}/${since}`)
       .then(handleFetchResult('json'))
     if (Array.isArray(events)) {
+      // Sanity check
+      if (GIMessage.deserialize(b64ToStr(events[events.length - 1])).hash() !== since) {
+        throw new Error('hash() !== since')
+      }
+      // Maybe we didn't receive all the requested events because of eventsAfter's limit.
+      if (MAX_EVENTS_AFTER && (events.length === MAX_EVENTS_AFTER)) {
+        while (true) {
+          const intermediateEventHash = GIMessage.deserialize(b64ToStr(events[0])).hash()
+          const nextEvents = await fetch(`${this.config.connectionURL}/eventsAfter/${contractID}/${intermediateEventHash}`)
+            .then(handleFetchResult('json'))
+          // Break if we didn't receive any event we didn't have yet.
+          // Note: nextEvents usually ends with an intermediate event we already have.
+          if (!Array.isArray(nextEvents) || nextEvents.length < 2) break
+          nextEvents.pop()
+          events = [...nextEvents, ...events]
+          // Only continue if we hit the limit again.
+          if (nextEvents.length !== MAX_EVENTS_AFTER - 1) break
+        }
+      }
       return events.reverse().map(b64ToStr)
     }
   },