diff --git a/lib/Alternc/Api/Legacyobject.php b/lib/Alternc/Api/Legacyobject.php
index a66b6bdf..cdf7fc85 100644
--- a/lib/Alternc/Api/Legacyobject.php
+++ b/lib/Alternc/Api/Legacyobject.php
@@ -39,6 +39,25 @@ class Alternc_Api_Legacyobject {
         return new Alternc_Api_Response(array("code" => self::ERR_ALTERNC_FUNCTION, "message" => "[" . $err->clsid . "] " . $err->error));
     }
 
+    /** ensure that offset & count are set properly from $options.
+     */
+    protected function offsetAndCount($options, $max) {
+        $offset = -1;
+        $count = -1;
+        if (isset($options["count"]))
+            $count = intval($options["count"]);
+        if (isset($options["offset"]))
+            $offset = intval($options["offset"]);
+        if ($offset != -1 || $count != -1) {
+            if ($offset < 0 || $offset > $max)
+                $offset = 0;
+            if ($count < 0 || $count > 1000)
+                $count = 1000;
+        }
+        return array($offset, $count);
+    }
+
 }
 
-/* Aternc_Api_Legacyobject */
+// Aternc_Api_Legacyobject 
+
diff --git a/lib/Alternc/Api/Object/Account.php b/lib/Alternc/Api/Object/Account.php
index e2d7aa20..35984134 100644
--- a/lib/Alternc/Api/Object/Account.php
+++ b/lib/Alternc/Api/Object/Account.php
@@ -171,17 +171,8 @@ class Alternc_Api_Object_Account extends Alternc_Api_Legacyobject {
         if (!$result) {
             return $this->alterncLegacyErrorManager();
         } else {
-            $offset = -1;
-            $count = -1;
-            if (isset($options["count"]))
-                $count = intval($options["count"]);
-            if (isset($options["offset"]))
-                $offset = intval($options["offset"]);
+            list($offset, $count) = $this->offsetAndCount($options, count($result));
             if ($offset != -1 || $count != -1) {
-                if ($offset < 0 || $offset > count($result))
-                    $offset = 0;
-                if ($count < 0 || $count > 1000)
-                    $count = 1000;
                 $result = array_slice($result, $offset, $count);
             }
             return new Alternc_Api_Response(array("content" => $result));
diff --git a/lib/Alternc/Api/Object/Domain.php b/lib/Alternc/Api/Object/Domain.php
index 14809cd5..1ec98367 100644
--- a/lib/Alternc/Api/Object/Domain.php
+++ b/lib/Alternc/Api/Object/Domain.php
@@ -44,17 +44,8 @@ class Alternc_Api_Object_Domain extends Alternc_Api_Legacyobject {
         while ($me = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ)) {
             $result[$me->domaine] = $me;
         }
-        $offset = -1;
-        $count = -1;
-        if (isset($options["count"]))
-            $count = intval($options["count"]);
-        if (isset($options["offset"]))
-            $offset = intval($options["offset"]);
+        list($offset,$count)=$this->offsetAndCount($options, count($result));
         if ($offset != -1 || $count != -1) {
-            if ($offset < 0 || $offset > count($result))
-                $offset = 0;
-            if ($count < 0 || $count > 1000)
-                $count = 1000;
             $result = array_slice($result, $offset, $count);
         }
         return new Alternc_Api_Response(array("content" => $result));
diff --git a/lib/Alternc/Api/Object/Ftp.php b/lib/Alternc/Api/Object/Ftp.php
index 4a921a54..ef0a6ff4 100644
--- a/lib/Alternc/Api/Object/Ftp.php
+++ b/lib/Alternc/Api/Object/Ftp.php
@@ -96,17 +96,8 @@ class Alternc_Api_Object_Ftp extends Alternc_Api_Legacyobject {
         if (!$result) {
             return $this->alterncLegacyErrorManager();
         } else {
-            $offset = -1;
-            $count = -1;
-            if (isset($options["count"]))
-                $count = intval($options["count"]);
-            if (isset($options["offset"]))
-                $offset = intval($options["offset"]);
+            list($offset, $count) = $this->offsetAndCount($options, count($result));
             if ($offset != -1 || $count != -1) {
-                if ($offset < 0 || $offset > count($result))
-                    $offset = 0;
-                if ($count < 0 || $count > 1000)
-                    $count = 1000;
                 $result = array_slice($result, $offset, $count);
             }
             return new Alternc_Api_Response(array("content" => $result));