diff --git a/batchpull.js b/batchpull.js
index 152122e..17fb121 100644
--- a/batchpull.js
+++ b/batchpull.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const MongoCacheManager = require('./mongoCacheManager');
 const mongoCache = new MongoCacheManager(
   process.env.MONGO_URL,
   process.env.MONGO_DB_NAME,
-  'cache'
+  process.env.MONGO_COLLECTION_NAME
 );
 
 const models = [
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ async function getEmbedding(text) {
   return embeddings[0];
 }
 
-// Check cache: exact hash match or semantic similarity
+// Check cache: exact hash match or semantic similarity with pagination
 async function getCachedResult(input, threshold = 0.9) {
   const inputHash = hashInput(input);
 
@@ -56,62 +56,51 @@ async function getCachedResult(input, threshold = 0.9) {
     return exactMatch.value;
   }
 
-  // Semantic search with embedding & worker thread
+  // Semantic search with embedding & worker thread (paginated)
   const inputEmbedding = await getEmbedding(input);
-  const cachedEntries = await mongoCache.getAllEmbeddings();
 
-  if (cachedEntries.length === 0) {
-    console.log("[HybridCache] No cache entries with embeddings found.");
-    return null;
+  const pageSize = 100;
+  let page = 0;
+  let globalBestMatch = null;
+  let globalBestScore = threshold;
+
+  while (true) {
+    const cachedEntries = await mongoCache.getEmbeddingsPage(page, pageSize);
+    if (cachedEntries.length === 0) break;
+
+    // Run worker on current page
+    const { bestMatch, bestScore } = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const worker = new Worker(path.resolve(__dirname, './cosineSimilarityWorker.js'));
+
+      worker.postMessage({ inputEmbedding, cachedEntries, threshold: globalBestScore });
+
+      worker.on('message', resolve);
+      worker.on('error', reject);
+      worker.on('exit', (code) => {
+        if (code !== 0) {
+          console.warn(`[HybridCache] Worker stopped with exit code ${code}`);
+        }
+      });
+    });
+
+    if (bestScore > globalBestScore) {
+      globalBestScore = bestScore;
+      globalBestMatch = bestMatch;
+    }
+
+    // Early exit if similarity is very high (e.g. 0.95)
+    if (globalBestScore >= 0.95) break;
+
+    page++;
   }
 
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const worker = new Worker(path.resolve(__dirname, './cosineSimilarityWorker.js'));
-
-    let resolved = false;
-
-    worker.postMessage({ inputEmbedding, cachedEntries, threshold });
-
-    worker.on('message', (msg) => {
-        if (msg.error) {
-        console.error('[HybridCache] Worker error:', msg.error);
-        if (!resolved) {
-            resolved = true;
-            resolve(null);
-            worker.terminate();
-        }
-        } else {
-        const { bestMatch, bestScore } = msg;
-        if (!resolved) {
-            resolved = true;
-            if (bestMatch) {
-            console.log(`[HybridCache] Semantic match found with similarity ${bestScore.toFixed(2)}`);
-            resolve(bestMatch.value);
-            } else {
-            console.log("[HybridCache] No suitable semantic cache match found.");
-            resolve(null);
-            }
-            // Terminate after a short delay to ensure message flush
-            setTimeout(() => worker.terminate(), 50);
-        }
-        }
-    });
-
-    worker.on('error', (err) => {
-        console.error("[HybridCache] Worker thread error:", err);
-        if (!resolved) {
-        resolved = true;
-        reject(err);
-        }
-    });
-
-    worker.on('exit', (code) => {
-        if (code !== 0) {
-        console.warn(`[HybridCache] Worker stopped with exit code ${code}`);
-        }
-    });
-    });
-
+  if (globalBestMatch) {
+    console.log(`[HybridCache] Semantic match found with similarity ${globalBestScore.toFixed(2)}`);
+    return globalBestMatch.value;
+  } else {
+    console.log("[HybridCache] No suitable semantic cache match found.");
+    return null;
+  }
 }
 
 // Store input + response in cache with embedding and hash
@@ -169,7 +158,6 @@ async function fetchLLMResponse(input, retries = 5, backoff = 1000) {
   throw new Error('Max retries reached due to rate limiting.');
 }
 
-
 // Process a single input line: check cache, fetch if needed, store result
 async function processInput(input) {
   try {
diff --git a/hybridCacheManager.js b/hybridCacheManager.js
index cc0a240..ed31cc9 100644
--- a/hybridCacheManager.js
+++ b/hybridCacheManager.js
@@ -31,42 +31,47 @@ class HybridCacheManager {
       return exactMatch.value;
     }
 
-    // 🤖 Embedding-based semantic search
+    // 🤖 Embedding-based semantic search with pagination
     const inputEmbedding = await getEmbedding(input);
-    const cachedEntries = await this.mongoCache.getAllEmbeddings();
 
-    if (cachedEntries.length === 0) {
-      console.log("[HybridCache] No cache entries with embeddings found.");
-      return null;
+    let page = 0;
+    const pageSize = 1000;
+    let globalBestMatch = null;
+    let globalBestScore = threshold;
+
+    while (true) {
+      const cachedEntries = await this.mongoCache.getEmbeddingsPage(page, pageSize);
+      if (cachedEntries.length === 0) break;
+
+      // Run worker on this page
+      const result = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        const worker = new Worker(path.resolve(__dirname, './cosineSimilarityWorker.js'));
+        worker.postMessage({ inputEmbedding, cachedEntries, threshold: globalBestScore });
+
+        worker.on('message', resolve);
+        worker.on('error', reject);
+        worker.on('exit', (code) => {
+          if (code !== 0) console.warn(`[HybridCache] Worker stopped with exit code ${code}`);
+        });
+      });
+
+      if (result.bestScore > globalBestScore) {
+        globalBestScore = result.bestScore;
+        globalBestMatch = result.bestMatch;
+      }
+
+      if (globalBestScore >= 0.95) break;
+
+      page++;
     }
 
-    // Return a Promise that resolves with the worker's result
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      const worker = new Worker(path.resolve(__dirname, './cosineSimilarityWorker.js'));
-
-      worker.postMessage({ inputEmbedding, cachedEntries, threshold });
-
-      worker.on('message', ({ bestMatch, bestScore }) => {
-        if (bestMatch) {
-          console.log(`[HybridCache] Semantic match found with similarity ${bestScore.toFixed(2)}`);
-          resolve(bestMatch.value);
-        } else {
-          console.log("[HybridCache] No suitable semantic cache match found.");
-          resolve(null);
-        }
-        worker.terminate();
-      });
-
-      worker.on('error', (err) => {
-        console.error("[HybridCache] Worker thread error:", err);
-        reject(err);
-      });
-
-      worker.on('exit', (code) => {
-        if (code !== 0)
-          console.warn(`[HybridCache] Worker stopped with exit code ${code}`);
-      });
-    });
+    if (globalBestMatch) {
+      console.log(`[HybridCache] Semantic match found with similarity ${globalBestScore.toFixed(2)}`);
+      return globalBestMatch.value;
+    } else {
+      console.log("[HybridCache] No suitable semantic cache match found.");
+      return null;
+    }
   }
 
   async setCache(input, value) {
diff --git a/mongoCacheManager.js b/mongoCacheManager.js
index d3ce50f..0a68360 100644
--- a/mongoCacheManager.js
+++ b/mongoCacheManager.js
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ class MongoCacheManager {
         this.collection = this.client.db(this.dbName).collection(this.collectionName);
         this.connected = true;
         console.log("[MongoCache] Connected to MongoDB for caching.");
-
+        await this.collection.createIndex({ hash: 1 }, { unique: true });
+        await this.collection.createIndex({ key: 1 }, { unique: true });
         // Try a dry-run write to detect read-only access
         try {
           await this.collection.insertOne({ _test: true });
@@ -74,18 +75,21 @@ class MongoCacheManager {
     return await this.collection.find({ embedding: { $exists: true } }).toArray();
   }
 
+  async getEmbeddingsPage(page = 0, pageSize = 100) {
+    await this.connect();
+    return await this.collection
+      .find({ embedding: { $exists: true } })
+      .skip(page * pageSize)
+      .limit(pageSize)
+      .toArray();
+  }
+
   async setCache(input, value, embedding, hash) {
     await this.connect();
     if (!this.connected || !this.collection || this.readOnly) return;
 
     const key = this.normalize(input);
 
-    const count = await this.collection.estimatedDocumentCount();
-    const maxSize = 5000;
-    if (count >= maxSize) {
-      await this.collection.deleteOne({}, { sort: { updatedAt: 1 } });
-    }
-
     await this.collection.updateOne(
       { key },
       {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 68a7800..db66e66 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
         "mongodb": "^5.7.0",
         "mysql2": "^3.2.0",
         "openai": "^4.104.0",
+        "p-limit": "^4.0.0",
         "qs": "^6.11.2",
         "redis": "^4.6.7",
         "uuid": "^9.0.0"
@@ -1399,6 +1400,20 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/undici-types/-/undici-types-5.26.5.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-JlCMO+ehdEIKqlFxk6IfVoAUVmgz7cU7zD/h9XZ0qzeosSHmUJVOzSQvvYSYWXkFXC+IfLKSIffhv0sVZup6pA=="
     },
+    "node_modules/p-limit": {
+      "version": "4.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/p-limit/-/p-limit-4.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-5b0R4txpzjPWVw/cXXUResoD4hb6U/x9BH08L7nw+GN1sezDzPdxeRvpc9c433fZhBan/wusjbCsqwqm4EIBIQ==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "yocto-queue": "^1.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "^12.20.0 || ^14.13.1 || >=16.0.0"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/parseurl": {
       "version": "1.3.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/parseurl/-/parseurl-1.3.3.tgz",
@@ -1888,6 +1903,17 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yallist/-/yallist-4.0.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-3wdGidZyq5PB084XLES5TpOSRA3wjXAlIWMhum2kRcv/41Sn2emQ0dycQW4uZXLejwKvg6EsvbdlVL+FYEct7A==",
       "license": "ISC"
+    },
+    "node_modules/yocto-queue": {
+      "version": "1.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/yocto-queue/-/yocto-queue-1.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-AyeEbWOu/TAXdxlV9wmGcR0+yh2j3vYPGOECcIj2S7MkrLyC7ne+oye2BKTItt0ii2PHk4cDy+95+LshzbXnGg==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=12.20"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
+      }
     }
   }
 }