diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Slack/GenericFunctions.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Slack/GenericFunctions.ts
index 033c87dfef..eb5306de6b 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Slack/GenericFunctions.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/Slack/GenericFunctions.ts
@@ -71,15 +71,21 @@ export async function slackApiRequestAllItems(this: IExecuteFunctions | ILoadOpt
 	const returnData: IDataObject[] = [];
 	let responseData;
 	query.page = 1;
-	query.count = 100;
+	//if the endpoint uses legacy pagination use count
+	//https://api.slack.com/docs/pagination#classic
+	if (endpoint.includes('files.list')) {
+		query.count = 100;
+	} else {
+		query.limit = 5;
+	}
 	do {
 		responseData = await slackApiRequest.call(this, method, endpoint, body, query);
-		query.cursor = encodeURIComponent(_.get(responseData, 'response_metadata.next_cursor'));
+		query.cursor = _.get(responseData, 'response_metadata.next_cursor');
 		query.page++;
 		returnData.push.apply(returnData, responseData[propertyName]);
 	} while (
 		(responseData.response_metadata !== undefined &&
-			responseData.response_metadata.mext_cursor !== undefined &&
+			responseData.response_metadata.next_cursor !== undefined &&
 			responseData.response_metadata.next_cursor !== '' &&
 			responseData.response_metadata.next_cursor !== null) ||
 		(responseData.paging !== undefined &&