diff --git a/controllers/api/group.go b/controllers/api/group.go
index b92852a7..c4bdfbeb 100644
--- a/controllers/api/group.go
+++ b/controllers/api/group.go
@@ -99,12 +99,10 @@ func (as *Server) Group(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	// Paramters passed by DataTables for pagination are handled below
 	v := r.URL.Query()
 	search := v.Get("search[value]")
-
 	sortcolumn := v.Get("order[0][column]")
 	sortdir := v.Get("order[0][dir]")
 	sortby := v.Get("columns[" + sortcolumn + "][data]")
 	order := sortby + " " + sortdir // e.g "first_name asc"
-
 	start, err := strconv.ParseInt(v.Get("start"), 0, 64)
 	if err != nil {
 		start = -1 // Default. gorm will ignore with this value.
@@ -118,11 +116,23 @@ func (as *Server) Group(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		draw = -1 // If the draw value is missing we can assume this is not a DataTable request and return regular API result
 	}
 
-	g, err := models.GetGroup(id, ctx.Get(r, "user_id").(int64), start, length, search, order)
-	if err != nil {
-		JSONResponse(w, models.Response{Success: false, Message: "Group not found"}, http.StatusNotFound)
-		return
+	var g models.Group
+	if draw == -1 {
+		g, err = models.GetGroup(id, ctx.Get(r, "user_id").(int64))
+		if err != nil {
+			JSONResponse(w, models.Response{Success: false, Message: "Group not found"}, http.StatusNotFound)
+			return
+		}
+	} else {
+		// We don't want to fetch the whole set of targets from a group if we're handling a pagination request. This call
+		// is just to validate group ownership
+		_, err := models.GetGroupSummary(id, ctx.Get(r, "user_id").(int64))
+		if err != nil {
+			JSONResponse(w, models.Response{Success: false, Message: "Group not found"}, http.StatusNotFound)
+			return
+		}
 	}
+
 	switch {
 	case r.Method == "GET":
 
@@ -131,12 +141,13 @@ func (as *Server) Group(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			JSONResponse(w, g, http.StatusOK)
 		} else {
 			// Handle pagination for DataTable
-			gs, _ := models.GetGroupSummary(id, ctx.Get(r, "user_id").(int64)) // We need to get the total number of records of the group
-			dT := models.DataTable{Draw: draw, RecordsTotal: gs.NumTargets, RecordsFiltered: int64(len(g.Targets))}
-			dT.Data = make([]interface{}, len(g.Targets)) // Pseudocode of 'dT.Data = g.Targets'. https://golang.org/doc/faq#convert_slice_of_interface
-			for i, v := range g.Targets {
-				dT.Data[i] = v
+			dT, err := models.GetDataTable(id, start, length, search, order)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Errorf("error fetching datatable: %v", err)
+				JSONResponse(w, models.Response{Success: false, Message: err.Error()}, http.StatusInternalServerError)
+				return
 			}
+			dT.Draw = draw
 			JSONResponse(w, dT, http.StatusOK)
 		}
 
@@ -162,7 +173,7 @@ func (as *Server) Group(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				return
 			}
 			// We need to fetch all the existing targets for this group, so as to not overwrite them below
-			et, _ := models.GetTargets(id, -1, -1, "", "")
+			et, _ := models.GetTargets(id)
 			g.Targets = append(targets, et...)
 			g.Name = groupname
 			g.Id = id // ID isn't supplied in the CSV file upload. Perhaps we could use the filename paramter for this? I'm not sure if this is necessary though.
@@ -216,7 +227,7 @@ func (as *Server) GroupTarget(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	gid, _ := strconv.ParseInt(vars["id"], 0, 64) // group id
 
 	// Ensure the group belongs to the user
-	_, err := models.GetGroup(gid, ctx.Get(r, "user_id").(int64), 0, 0, "", "")
+	_, err := models.GetGroupSummary(gid, ctx.Get(r, "user_id").(int64))
 	if err != nil {
 		JSONResponse(w, models.Response{Success: false, Message: "Group not found"}, http.StatusNotFound)
 		return
@@ -252,7 +263,7 @@ func (as *Server) GroupRename(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 
 	vars := mux.Vars(r)
 	id, _ := strconv.ParseInt(vars["id"], 0, 64) // group id
-	g, err := models.GetGroup(id, ctx.Get(r, "user_id").(int64), 0, 0, "", "")
+	g, err := models.GetGroup(id, ctx.Get(r, "user_id").(int64))
 	if err != nil {
 		JSONResponse(w, models.Response{Success: false, Message: "Group not found"}, http.StatusNotFound)
 		return
diff --git a/models/group.go b/models/group.go
index 80de52ce..27525953 100644
--- a/models/group.go
+++ b/models/group.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func GetGroups(uid int64) ([]Group, error) {
 		return gs, err
 	}
 	for i := range gs {
-		gs[i].Targets, err = GetTargets(gs[i].Id, -1, -1, "", "")
+		gs[i].Targets, err = GetTargets(gs[i].Id)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Error(err)
 		}
@@ -154,15 +154,14 @@ func GetGroupSummaries(uid int64) (GroupSummaries, error) {
 }
 
 // GetGroup returns the group, if it exists, specified by the given id and user_id.
-// Filter on number of results and starting point with 'start' and 'length' for pagination.
-func GetGroup(id int64, uid int64, start int64, length int64, search string, order string) (Group, error) {
+func GetGroup(id int64, uid int64) (Group, error) {
 	g := Group{}
 	err := db.Where("user_id=? and id=?", uid, id).Find(&g).Error
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error(err)
 		return g, err
 	}
-	g.Targets, err = GetTargets(g.Id, start, length, search, order)
+	g.Targets, err = GetTargets(g.Id)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error(err)
 	}
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@ func GetGroupByName(n string, uid int64) (Group, error) {
 		log.Error(err)
 		return g, err
 	}
-	g.Targets, err = GetTargets(g.Id, -1, -1, "", "")
+	g.Targets, err = GetTargets(g.Id)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error(err)
 	}
@@ -237,7 +236,7 @@ func PutGroup(g *Group) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	// Fetch group's existing targets from database.
-	ts, err := GetTargets(g.Id, -1, -1, "", "")
+	ts, err := GetTargets(g.Id)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
 			"group_id": g.Id,
@@ -425,12 +424,18 @@ func UpdateTarget(tx *gorm.DB, target Target) error {
 }
 
 // GetTargets performs a many-to-many select to get all the Targets for a Group
-// Start, length, and search can be supplied, or -1, -1, "" to ignore
-func GetTargets(gid int64, start int64, length int64, search string, order string) ([]Target, error) {
-
+func GetTargets(gid int64) ([]Target, error) {
 	ts := []Target{}
-	var err error
+	err := db.Table("targets").Select("targets.id, targets.email, targets.first_name, targets.last_name, targets.position").Joins("left join group_targets gt ON targets.id = gt.target_id").Where("gt.group_id=?", gid).Scan(&ts).Error
+	return ts, err
+}
 
+// GetDataTable performs a many-to-many select to get all the Targets for a Group with supplied filters
+// start, length, and search, order can be supplied, or -1, -1, "", "" to ignore
+func GetDataTable(gid int64, start int64, length int64, search string, order string) (DataTable, error) {
+
+	dt := DataTable{}
+	ts := []Target{}
 	order = strings.TrimSpace(order)
 	search = strings.TrimSpace(search)
 	if order == "" {
@@ -439,16 +444,35 @@ func GetTargets(gid int64, start int64, length int64, search string, order strin
 		order = "targets." + order
 	}
 
+	// 1. Get the total number of targets in group:
+	err := db.Table("group_targets").Where("group_id=?", gid).Count(&dt.RecordsTotal).Error
+	if err != nil {
+		return dt, err
+	}
+
+	// 2. Fetch targets, applying relevant start, length, search, and order paramters.
 	// TODO: Rather than having two queries create a partial query and include the search options. Haven't been able to figure out how yet.
 	if search != "" {
+		var count int64
 		search = "%" + search + "%"
-		err = db.Order(order).Table("targets").Select("targets.id, targets.email, targets.first_name, targets.last_name, targets.position").Joins("left join group_targets gt ON targets.id = gt.target_id").Where("gt.group_id=?", gid).Where("targets.first_name LIKE ? OR targets.last_name LIKE ? OR targets.email LIKE ? or targets.position LIKE ?", search, search, search, search).Offset(start).Limit(length).Scan(&ts).Error
+
+		// 2.1 Apply search filter
+		err = db.Order(order).Table("targets").Select("targets.id, targets.email, targets.first_name, targets.last_name, targets.position").Joins("left join group_targets gt ON targets.id = gt.target_id").Where("gt.group_id=?", gid).Where("targets.first_name LIKE ? OR targets.last_name LIKE ? OR targets.email LIKE ? or targets.position LIKE ?", search, search, search, search).Count(&count).Offset(start).Limit(length).Scan(&ts).Error
+
+		dt.RecordsFiltered = count // The number of results from applying the search filter (calculated before trimming down the results with offset and limit)
 
 	} else {
 		err = db.Order(order).Table("targets").Select("targets.id, targets.email, targets.first_name, targets.last_name, targets.position").Joins("left join group_targets gt ON targets.id = gt.target_id").Where("gt.group_id=?", gid).Offset(start).Limit(length).Scan(&ts).Error
+		dt.RecordsFiltered = dt.RecordsTotal
 	}
 
-	return ts, err
+	// 3. Insert targes into datatable struct
+	dt.Data = make([]interface{}, len(ts)) // Pseudocode of 'dT.Data = g.Targets'. https://golang.org/doc/faq#convert_slice_of_interface
+	for i, v := range ts {
+		dt.Data[i] = v
+	}
+
+	return dt, err
 }
 
 // GetTargetByEmail gets a single target from a group by email address and group id