diff --git a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/config/IndexerConfigurationProperties.java b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/config/IndexerConfigurationProperties.java
index 7f470410d2711c289610e8d825620eedba38b388..bca940e93c3adf8059c850339077f99b5460c60f 100644
--- a/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/config/IndexerConfigurationProperties.java
+++ b/indexer-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/indexer/config/IndexerConfigurationProperties.java
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ public class IndexerConfigurationProperties {
 		return Boolean.TRUE.toString().equalsIgnoreCase(smartSearchCcsDisabled);
 	}
 
-	public int getStorageGetRecordsByKindBatchSize () {
+	public Integer getStorageGetRecordsByKindBatchSize () {
 		if (this.storageGetRecordsByKindBatchSize!=null) {
 			return this.storageGetRecordsByKindBatchSize;
 		}