diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dashboard/LatestEdits.ascx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dashboard/LatestEdits.ascx.cs
index 34d9547b33..7be62ee092 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dashboard/LatestEdits.ascx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dashboard/LatestEdits.ascx.cs
@@ -1,16 +1,10 @@
 using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
+using System;
+using umbraco.IO;
+using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web;
 
 namespace dashboardUtilities
 {
-	using System;
-	using System.Data;
-	using System.Drawing;
-	using System.Web;
-	using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
-	using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
-    using umbraco.IO;
-    using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web;
-
 	/// <summary>
 	///		Summary description for LatestEdits.
 	/// </summary>
@@ -22,11 +16,12 @@ namespace dashboardUtilities
 		private int count = 0;
         public int MaxRecords { get; set; }
 
-		protected void Page_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
+		protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
 		{
+			if (MaxRecords == 0)
+		        MaxRecords = 30;
 
-			// Put user code to initialize the page here
-			Repeater1.DataSource = umbraco.BusinessLogic.Log.GetLogReader(User.GetCurrent(), umbraco.BusinessLogic.LogTypes.Save, DateTime.Now.Subtract(new System.TimeSpan(7,0,0,0,0)));
+			Repeater1.DataSource = Log.GetLogReader(User.GetCurrent(), LogTypes.Save, DateTime.Now.Subtract(new TimeSpan(7,0,0,0,0)), MaxRecords);
 			Repeater1.DataBind();
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/umbraco.businesslogic/Log.cs b/src/umbraco.businesslogic/Log.cs
index ee29e4e157..3d6191d65f 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.businesslogic/Log.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.businesslogic/Log.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Data;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Threading;
@@ -320,16 +321,34 @@ namespace umbraco.BusinessLogic
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="user">The user.</param>
         /// <param name="Type">The type of log message.</param>
-        /// <param name="SinceDate">The since date.</param>
+        /// <param name="sinceDate">The since date.</param>
         /// <returns>A reader for the log.</returns>
         [Obsolete("Use the Instance.GetLogItems method which return a list of LogItems instead")]
-        public static IRecordsReader GetLogReader(User user, LogTypes Type, DateTime SinceDate)
+        public static IRecordsReader GetLogReader(User user, LogTypes Type, DateTime sinceDate)
         {
             return SqlHelper.ExecuteReader(
                 "select userId, NodeId, DateStamp, logHeader, logComment from umbracoLog where UserId = @user and logHeader = @logHeader and DateStamp >= @dateStamp order by dateStamp desc",
                 SqlHelper.CreateParameter("@logHeader", Type.ToString()),
                 SqlHelper.CreateParameter("@user", user.Id),
-                SqlHelper.CreateParameter("@dateStamp", SinceDate));
+                SqlHelper.CreateParameter("@dateStamp", sinceDate));
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets a reader of specific for the log for specific types and a specified user.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="user">The user.</param>
+        /// <param name="type">The type of log message.</param>
+        /// <param name="sinceDate">The since date.</param>
+        /// <param name="numberOfResults">Number of rows returned</param>
+        /// <returns>A reader for the log.</returns>
+        [Obsolete("Use the Instance.GetLogItems method which return a list of LogItems instead")]
+        internal static IRecordsReader GetLogReader(User user, LogTypes type, DateTime sinceDate, int numberOfResults)
+        {
+            return SqlHelper.ExecuteReader(
+                "select top " + numberOfResults + " userId, NodeId, DateStamp, logHeader, logComment from umbracoLog where UserId = @user and logHeader = @logHeader and DateStamp >= @dateStamp order by dateStamp desc",
+                SqlHelper.CreateParameter("@logHeader", type.ToString()),
+                SqlHelper.CreateParameter("@user", user.Id),
+                SqlHelper.CreateParameter("@dateStamp", sinceDate));
         }
         #endregion