diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/projects/datasets_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/projects/datasets_controller.rb
index d890d1373..b8cdf780c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/projects/datasets_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/projects/datasets_controller.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ class Api::V1::Projects::DatasetsController < Api::V1::BaseController
   end
 
   def show 
-    @attachments = @project_dataset.attachments.includes(:author)
+    @attachments = kaminari_paginate(@project_dataset.attachments.includes(:author))
   end
 
   private 
diff --git a/app/views/api/v1/projects/datasets/show.json.jbuilder b/app/views/api/v1/projects/datasets/show.json.jbuilder
index ac9f2d777..6b18d8015 100644
--- a/app/views/api/v1/projects/datasets/show.json.jbuilder
+++ b/app/views/api/v1/projects/datasets/show.json.jbuilder
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 json.(@project_dataset, :id, :title, :description, :license_id, :paper_content)
 json.license_name @project_dataset&.license&.name
+json.attachment_total_count @attachments.total_count
 json.attachments @attachments do |at| 
   json.partial! "api/v1/attachments/detail", locals: {attachment: at}
 end
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