diff --git a/server/src/controllers/auth.controller.js b/server/src/controllers/auth.controller.js
index ab249425..2f21218d 100644
--- a/server/src/controllers/auth.controller.js
+++ b/server/src/controllers/auth.controller.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import asyncHandler from "../utils/asyncHandler.js";
 const sendResetEmail = async (email, token) => {
     const transporter = nodemailer.createTransport({
         host: process.env.EMAIL_HOST || 'smtp.gmail.com',
-        port: parseInt(process.env.EMAIL_PORT) || 587,
+        port: parseInt(process.env.EMAIL_PORT, 10) || 587,
         auth: {
             user: process.env.EMAIL_USER || process.env.EMAIL,
             pass: process.env.EMAIL_PASS,
diff --git a/server/src/controllers/comment.controller.js b/server/src/controllers/comment.controller.js
index 0c2cdc2f..b7fd566f 100644
--- a/server/src/controllers/comment.controller.js
+++ b/server/src/controllers/comment.controller.js
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export const getPostComments = asyncHandler(async (req, res) => {
     }
 
     const cursor = req.query.cursor || null;
-    const limit = Math.min(Math.max(parseInt(req.query.limit) || 20, 1), MAX_LIMIT);
+    const limit = Math.min(Math.max(parseInt(req.query.limit, 10) || 20, 1), MAX_LIMIT);
 
     let excludeUserIds = [];
     if (req.user) {
diff --git a/server/src/controllers/message.controller.js b/server/src/controllers/message.controller.js
index fe5ece7f..b4b3a461 100644
--- a/server/src/controllers/message.controller.js
+++ b/server/src/controllers/message.controller.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export const getMessages = asyncHandler(async (req, res) => {
       }
     }
 
-    const limit = Math.min(Math.max(parseInt(req.query.limit) || 50, 1), MAX_LIMIT);
+    const limit = Math.min(Math.max(parseInt(req.query.limit, 10) || 50, 1), MAX_LIMIT);
     const before = req.query.before;
 
     let beforeId;
diff --git a/server/src/controllers/post.controller.js b/server/src/controllers/post.controller.js
index c2f0b06d..200b3d41 100644
--- a/server/src/controllers/post.controller.js
+++ b/server/src/controllers/post.controller.js
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ poll = {
 
 export const getPosts = asyncHandler(async (req, res) => {
     const cursor = req.query.cursor;
-    const limit = Math.min(Math.max(parseInt(req.query.limit) || 10, 1), MAX_LIMIT);
+    const limit = Math.min(Math.max(parseInt(req.query.limit, 10) || 10, 1), MAX_LIMIT);
 
         let filter = { isDeleted: { $ne: true } };
         if (req.user) {
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ export const searchPosts = asyncHandler(async (req, res) => {
 
     const q = req.query.q?.trim();
     const cursor = req.query.cursor;
-    const limit = Math.min(Math.max(parseInt(req.query.limit) || 10, 1), MAX_LIMIT);
+    const limit = Math.min(Math.max(parseInt(req.query.limit, 10) || 10, 1), MAX_LIMIT);
 
     if (!q) {
         return res.status(200).json({ posts: [], limit, hasMore: false, nextCursor: null });
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ export const getPostsByUser = asyncHandler(async (req, res) => {
 
 
         const cursor = req.query.cursor;
-        const limit = Math.min(Math.max(parseInt(req.query.limit) || 10, 1), MAX_LIMIT);
+        const limit = Math.min(Math.max(parseInt(req.query.limit, 10) || 10, 1), MAX_LIMIT);
 
         const likesPopulate = getLikesPopulate(excludeUserIds);
 
diff --git a/server/src/controllers/review.controller.js b/server/src/controllers/review.controller.js
index 3536a34b..e94fb3d6 100644
--- a/server/src/controllers/review.controller.js
+++ b/server/src/controllers/review.controller.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export const createReview = asyncHandler(async (req, res) => {
 
 export const getReviews = asyncHandler(async (req, res) => {
     const cursor = req.query.cursor;
-    const limit = Math.min(Math.max(parseInt(req.query.limit) || 10, 1), MAX_LIMIT);
+    const limit = Math.min(Math.max(parseInt(req.query.limit, 10) || 10, 1), MAX_LIMIT);
     const target = req.query.target;
 
     let filter = {};